Former President Trump is vowing to dismantle the Department of Education. Vice President Harris wants to stem school shootings.
Beyond that, neither has offered detailed plans for the nation's K-12 schools, Axios' Russell Contreras reports.
Why it matters: Student reading scores have fallen to 20-year lows. States are facing teacher shortages, and racial segregation in schools has returned to levels not seen since the 1960s.
🔭 The big picture: American public schools are growing more separate and unequal even though the country is more racially and ethnically diverse.
Education advocates are seeking a variety of reforms, from how school boundaries are shaped, to recruiting more teachers of color, to improving student achievement.
"I'm so depressed," Amanda Rae Aragon, executive director of the education advocacy groupNewMexicoKidsCAN, tells Axios.
"It's kind of like every person out is out for themselves: 'Hope you get to live in a good school district.'"
