Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Helping Our Students and Improving Our Schools

Robin knows that the key to a good job and a rewarding career starts with a solid education. She will make sure our schools receive a fair share of state funding to prepare our children for the jobs of the future. Robin's philosophy is simple: Every child should have the resources and opportunities to help him or herself succeed now as well as later in life.

Robin will work to overturn the radical changes to our public school system that are having devastating effects here in Marion County. Funding has been reduced, programs have been cut and teachers eliminated as the majority party in the legislature has implemented untested and unproven changes.

Robin will focus on our state's literacy rate to make sure everyone has a chance to obtain a good job and improve his or her quality of life. She will partner with neighborhood resource centers to increase volunteer participation in this effort and help groups pursue national and state reading grants. Everyone wins when our communities increase the literacy rate.

Robin will work to:

* Fully fund all-day kindergarten programs for every Hoosier student
* Increase funding for early education and pre-school programs
* Limit class size so that students can focus on learning and teachers can focus on teaching
* Establish a "Teach for Indiana" scholarship program to keep our brightest graduates at home
* Increase parental and family involvement in our children's education

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