“Education was my salvation. That’s why I’ve fought so hard to knock down barriers and make sure every child receives the best education possible, and the same opportunity to succeed in life as I had.”
EDUCATION
From his first elected position as School Board President where he launched the Campaign for Fiscal Equity school funding lawsuit to fix a funding formula that was cheating our children, walked 150 miles to Albany to highlight the cause and won a court judgment that awarded $16 billion for NYC public schools, to his 12 years on the City Council where he helped start a Drop-Out Prevention Initiative, helped create more than 4,000 new openings for Pre-K and fought to increase funding for arts education, to now as State Senator where he has led the fight to increase funding and lower class size, Robert Jackson has fought to make sure every child gets a good education, no matter where they come from.
Right now, hedge funders aiming to privatize public education are pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into campaigning against Robert, because of his strong record of supporting equitable public schools where all students can receive the education they deserve.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Won historic levels of support for NYC public schools and help pass legislation mandating smaller class sizes.
Has been a strong supporter of CUNY and SUNY.
As a Community School Board President, he filed the original CFE lawsuit to fix a broken school funding formula that cheated our children and won a court judgment that brought home $16 billion for NYC public school children.
Led fight to create more than 4,000 new openings for pre-k.
Led fight to prevent 6,000 teacher layoffs.
Worked to start the Drop-Out Prevention Initiative that services students in public schools citywide.
Fought to increase funding for Arts Education.