Issue Position: Educational Opportunity

Issue Position

As both a father of seven growing children and a taxpayer, I understand well the desire to balance the quality of education our kids deserve with the need to make that education affordable and cost-effective. That's why I sponsored the historic reform of the tenure system for our K-12 teachers, which increases accountability, improves professional development for educators, and puts our schools' focus where it should be: on the success of our students. I also am an advocate for expanding educational opportunities for those kids stuck in our lowest-performing schools, by giving them a chance to go to a school of their choice. As for higher education, I have proposed innovative ways to make college more affordable to students and their families, by allowing them to finance their educations in way that will minimize student-loan debt (and control ever-rising tuition rates too!)

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