Lincoln Chafee - Independent Candidate for Rhode Island Governor

Education

As Governor, Chafee will make education a centerpiece of our economic strategy, so that we can train our children to succeed in an increasingly competitive global economy. It is the role of government to provide a first class public education, and we must all work together to ensure that Rhode Island's children have the resources necessary to thrive in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education.

Governor Rell of Connecticut has proposed a merger of her state's vo-tech high school and community college systems. This Middle College System is an innovative way for the state to be intimately involved in creating a skilled workforce. Chafee admires this idea and will follow the progress across our border.

We also need to make higher education available to all citizens of Rhode Island. Skyrocketing tuition and fees at our public colleges has an adverse effect on our State. The way out of poverty is education, therefore we must work to ensure that the State's poor and middle-class families have access to our higher education institutions.

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Linc Chafee is a tested leader of unquestioned integrity and a strong independent voice. As Governor, he will work hard to create new jobs, rebuild our economy, solve our chronic budget problems, end corruption, and forge a new way forward for Rhode Island.