Leave left and right at the door.
Education is our only priority.
Our kids need us to move forward. Together. Now.
Track Every Dollar
If they can track every dollar you make, you can track every dollar they spend on our kids.
$995 billion went to America's public schools in the 2023-24 school year. See where your state's money comes from, where it goes, and how your state spends its lottery money.
- From the federal government$115 billion
- From the states$450 billion
- From local taxes and fees$430 billion
The AI education emergency
The clock is running.
A first grader this fall graduates in 2038. Elections come every two years. A school year never comes back.
China
Five Chinese agencies led by the Ministry of Education issued the AI+Education Action Plan, ordering AI education into every local curriculum with set goals, content and class hours for each school stage.
Government of China (gov.cn) gov.cn
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Details: Document 教科信〔2026〕1号, issued by the Ministry of Education, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology and National Data Administration. Orders schools to 开齐开足开好人工智能相关课程 (offer AI-related courses in full). Target: 到2030年，人工智能与教育深度融合格局基本形成 (by 2030, deep integration of AI and education is basically in place). Science and Technology Daily (2026-04-10, https://www.stdaily.com/web/gdxw/2026-04/10/content_500122.html) also quotes: 建强中小学人工智能教育基地，支持农村、边远地区学校利用国家平台开好人工智能课程 (build strong primary and secondary AI education bases; help rural and remote schools teach AI courses through the national platform). No specific hour count is set nationally.
The source says: "推动人工智能教育全面纳入地方课程体系，指导各地研制人工智能课程指南，明确各学段课程目标、内容与课时要求。 (Translation: Bring AI education fully into local curriculum systems, guide each locality to draft AI curriculum guides, and set course goals, content and class-hour requirements for each school stage.)"
33%
A third of American 8th graders cannot read at the most basic level the national test measures, the highest share ever recorded.
National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) nagb.gov
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What it measures: Share of U.S. 8th graders scoring below NAEP Basic in reading, 2024 NAEP (results released January 29, 2025). The page states this is a greater percentage than ever before.
The source says: "A third (33%) of 8th graders are not even reading at the NAEP Basic level"
1 in 10 teens
One in ten American teens say they do all or most of their schoolwork with an AI chatbot's help.
Pew Research Center pewresearch.org
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What it measures: U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 living with a parent; Pew survey of 1,458 teens and their parents, September 25 to October 9, 2025. Same report: 54% have used chatbots to get help with schoolwork; 64% of teens report using chatbots while about half of parents say their teen does.
The source says: "One-in-ten teens say they do all or most of their schoolwork with chatbots’ help."
The old fights
We have argued about school for generations. AI just changed the question.
Each old fight in the words of both sides, and beside it the question that matters now.
Teacher tenure vs results
What is a teacher for when AI can teach every lesson?
Both sides, and the new questionThe old fightStandardized testing
What is a test for when AI can see what every kid knows, every day?
Both sides, and the new questionThe old fightSchool choice
What is a school when the best tutor fits in a pocket?
Both sides, and the new questionThe old fightPhones in class
What belongs in a student's pocket when the phone can talk back like a friend?
Both sides, and the new questionThe old fightHomework
What is homework for when AI can finish it in seconds?
Both sides, and the new questionThe old fightHow to teach reading
How should a child learn to read when an AI tutor can coach every child, one on one?
Both sides, and the new questionLearn
AI teaches the lesson. Teachers teach the person.
An AI tutor can explain fractions a hundred ways at midnight. It cannot notice the kid who stopped talking in October, settle a fight at recess, or make a hard subject fun. The question is not teachers or machines. It is what each one is for.
The Forward Board
Add an idea. Slide it. Move one forward.
No sides. No yes or no. Every idea gets a range, from hold it back to move it forward, and the board shows where people land.
The board's top ideas appear here.
We have done this before
Together, and dug in. 1787 to now.
Some years both parties voted for the same law and the country moved. Other years nobody gave way, and the record shows what followed.
- Together: majorities of both parties voted yes
- Dug in: no settlement, and what followed
Join
You can't join our party. You're already in it.
Keep your party. Keep your position on every issue. Make education your priority, so our kids move forward.
Who we are
A name from 1801
In the 1790s, Americans who organized around Thomas Jefferson and James Madison called themselves Republicans; historians call that party the Democratic-Republican Party. After the bitter election of 1800, the losing side handed over power, and Jefferson opened his first term with one line.
"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."Thomas Jefferson, first inaugural address, March 4, 1801. Avalon Project, Yale Law School
Democrats and Republicans, one party, with one priority: education.
