# Education & Child Care

Curated static issue packet for assistant retrieval.

## Links

- App issue page: [Education & Child Care](https://polit.pages.dev/app/?view=issues&issue=education-childcare)
- App idea map: [Education & Child Care ideas](https://polit.pages.dev/app/?view=ideas&issue=education-childcare)
- Machine-readable packet: [education-childcare.json](https://polit.pages.dev/llm/issues/education-childcare.json)
- Issue index: [all curated issues](/llm/issues/index.md)

## Use Rules

- This is a research prototype, not a voter guide, endorsement, or final assessment.
- Many rows are model-generated or unreviewed and should be treated as evidence-navigation aids.
- Missing or limited coverage means the dataset has not ingested, normalized, or balanced that surface yet; it is not evidence that a candidate lacks activity there.
- Use source URLs and record IDs when citing claims. Prefer the linked JSON/JSONL companion files for retrieval.

## Problem Model

Education and child-care rows combine student outcomes, school governance, higher-education affordability, child-care capacity, and workforce preparation.

### Analysis Questions

- Is the row investing in public-school capacity, changing governance, or lowering education/child-care costs?
- Does it identify a delivery mechanism such as funding, staffing, curriculum authority, tuition relief, or care slots?
- What tradeoff exists between access, quality, parental control, state funding, and local implementation?

## Idea Groups

- **School investment and governance**: 2 approachs; 4 candidates
- **College and child-care affordability**: 1 approach; 3 candidates

## Source-Backed Approaches

### Public school investment

- Approach ID: `education-childcare--school-investment`
- Summary: Invests in teachers, students, public schools, school facilities, or learning recovery.
- Problem: Student outcomes, literacy, and school capacity are framed as underperforming or under-supported.
- Mechanism: Invest in teachers, tutoring, literacy, facilities, family engagement, learning recovery, or redesigned high-school supports.
- Candidate stance rows:
  - Antonio Villaraigosa: Record-only signal (`record`); 1 source row; confidence `0.72`
  - Steve Hilton: Supports this approach (`support`); 2 source rows; row mix: 1 support row, 1 mixed / conditional row; confidence `0.74`
  - Tony K. Thurmond: Supports this approach (`support`); 6 source rows; row mix: 1 support row, 3 record-only signal rows, 2 unclear signal rows; confidence `0.9`

### Lower college and child-care costs

- Approach ID: `education-childcare--college-childcare-costs`
- Summary: Lowers college costs, tuition, child care, early education, or workforce affordability barriers.
- Problem: College, child care, and early education costs block families, students, or workers from economic mobility.
- Mechanism: Lower tuition, child-care costs, or early-education barriers through public support or cost controls.
- Candidate stance rows:
  - Katie Porter: Supports this approach (`support`); 3 source rows; confidence `0.78`
  - Tom Steyer: Supports this approach (`support`); 1 source row; confidence `0.7`
  - Tony K. Thurmond: Supports this approach (`support`); 2 source rows; row mix: 1 support row, 1 record-only signal row; confidence `0.74`

### Parental control over schools

- Approach ID: `education-childcare--parent-control`
- Summary: Gives parents more control over curriculum, family policy, or school governance.
- Problem: Some candidates frame school or family policy as insufficiently accountable to parents.
- Mechanism: Give parents more control over curriculum, school governance, or family-policy choices.
- Candidate stance rows:
  - Chad Bianco: Supports this approach (`support`); 1 source row; confidence `0.58`
  - Steve Hilton: Supports this approach (`support`); 1 source row; confidence `0.58`

## Assistant Guidance

- Use this page for curated issue/approach structure only.
- Stance labels refer to the selected approach statement, not the candidate's whole position on the issue.
- `qualify` means a mixed or conditional source signal; it is not a final verdict that the candidate is generally qualified.
- For candidate-specific detail, follow candidate packets and evidence JSONL links.
- If a natural-language question does not match this issue, do not stretch this issue page to answer it.
