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Questions
The League of Women Voters has made every effort to present accurately the candidates' responses as they were submitted.
1. What are the major issues facing the State School Board today?
EDUCATION - Every Child Counts
Issues:
1) Improve Instructional Quality
2) Simplify Educational Funding
3) Guarantee Literacy
4) Empower the State Board of Education
2. What is your position on these issues?
1) Teachers are very important to the student learning process. Other than parents, they have the greatest influence on children's learning. Yet they are overlooked too often. A method of rewarding great instructional quality should be implemented. Also, less effective teachers need to be helped or removed.
2) There is much that can be done with the funds available. It is a matter of prioritizing the needs of the children and then efficiently using the funds to implement programs that meet those needs. Education dollars should go to classrooms and teachers, not needless bureaucracy and red tape. Each child within the three public education systems in the state should be funded adequately and through the same method.
3) This is literacy in reading, writing, and math. These are the basic skills that each child should be guaranteed. At least 95% of the students should be proficient in these core subjects.
4) The Board has not been as effective as they need to be to meet the needs of every child. There must be a change or there is no reason to have a Board. They must pro-active and open to any ideas that will help students. Every Child Counts.
Opponent:
Carol A. Murphy
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