Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

I grew up in Arizona at a time when my dad could support our family of five on his teaching salary. When I became a teacher, I could continue to do the work I loved and still get by, even after becoming a single mom. More recently, though, I volunteered with a master 2nd grade teacher who had to work four jobs to make ends meet. She finally left Arizona for a much better-paying job teaching in another state. Her story is far from unique.

As a mom, teacher, and grandmother, it breaks my heart that this year children in over 1,800 Arizona classrooms had no permanent qualified teacher. We're failing to give children their chance at the American dream and failing our state's economy. We must do better -- and we can. I've learned over and again the power of listening and working together to get things done.

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