Issue Position: K-12 Education

Issue Position

As a graduate of the Winona Area Public Schools and Minnesota State College -- Southeast Technical, I know the necessity of publicly funded education, and I will fight to ensure our schools remain among the best in the country. Every child in the State of Minnesota deserves a high quality education, and I am committed to making sure this trend continues. Today's students are tomorrow's future.

Above all, we must allow our teachers to teach. Once elected, I will work to provide teachers with an ample teaching environment, one where they have the necessary tools to improve our learning institutions. We must also give parents the opportunity to get more involved in their son or daughter's learning experience.

Education is essential to competitiveness and preparing generations for responsible citizenship in a free society. Education must continue to do so. This is why, once elected, I will work to cut costly mandates on our schools, advocate for more local control, work to have a fair and equitable funding model for all schools, and keep Minnesota's cutting edge history of reform and choice in place.

I would like to see every student have the opportunity to become active in extra-curricular activities. Whether it be the arts, sports, debate, or the math team, extra-curricular activities are important to students' success. Our students learn critical skills while participating in these activities, skills that cannot always be taught in the classroom.

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