<P> Democrats favor improving public education by raising school standards and reforming the head start program . They also support universal preschool and expanding access to primary education (some Democrats who support this through charter schools). They call for slashes in student loan debt and support reforms to force down tuition fees . Other proposed reforms have included nationwide universal preschool education, tuition - free or reduced - tuition college, and reforms of standardized testing . Democrats have the long - term aim of having low - cost, publicly funded college education with low tuition fees (like in much of Europe and Canada), which should be available to every eligible American student . Alternatively, they encourage expanding access to post-secondary education by increasing state funding for student financial aid such as Pell Grants and college tuition tax deductions . </P> <P> Democrats tend to support the Common Core State Standards and oppose school choice . </P> <P> Democrats believe that the government should protect the environment and have a history of environmentalism . In more recent years, this stance has had as its emphasis alternative energy generation as the basis for an improved economy, greater national security, and general environmental benefits . </P> <P> The Democratic Party also favors expanding conservation lands, and it encourages open space and rail travel to relieve highway and airport congestion and improve air quality and economy; it "believe (s) that communities, environmental interests, and government should work together to protect resources while ensuring the vitality of local economies . Once Americans were led to believe they had to make a choice between the economy and the environment . They now know this is a false choice ." </P>

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