 |
Providing the Best Education
Empowering the next generation of Californians with deep and practical education is critical to our success as both an economy, and a society. Education is our society’s great equalizer and a path to economic independence. Education should foster developing lifelong learners who are prepared to participate creatively and productively in American society.
California, our great state, must be a world leader in public schools, libraries and choice schools. All California children should have access to quality education, whether they matriculate to higher education or are motivated and inspired by vocational and career technical education opportunities. All students must learn to read, write, perform basic mathematics in English and to know and appreciate the history of the state of California and the United States.
California parents should be empowered to provide the best education for their children through options such as school choice, voucher, home schooling, licensing of independent and charter schools, and the closure or takeover of failing public schools. Local communities should control the schools to implement curriculum, determine budgets and select the best staff and teachers free from external interference. Teachers should be paid salaries commensurate with their experience and their performance. We must break the stranglehold on the schools by teacher’s unions more determined to protect tenure and inefficient administration than to provide quality education and accountability to our children.
