“It’s striking to me that Philadelphia is not talking about student debt," she told the Inquirer. “In most parts of the country, the conversation is louder. It’s not quite the right conversation. Most of the talk about student debt is that debt is bad, and we need to deal with existing debt. To get rid of it. But I’m hoping we can host a different conversation — not just how did we get here, but how to keep more young people from debt as a consequence.”