Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Education is the cornerstone to American exceptionalism.

I believe the current top-down structure of educating America's youth is failing. You don't have to look far to see that public schools aren't what they used to be. Today, firms in America look to other countries for employees in areas such as technology and engineering.

There is an abundance of opportunity to improve the quality of education in this country and like so many other problems we face, the answer is staring us right in the face -- freedom. American families need to be free to educate their children as they see fit. It's important that the control and oversight of educating our nation's youth be returned as close to home as possible and we remove as much power as possible from Washington -- which is why I voted for the Every Student Succeeds Act that replaced No Child Left Behind and gave authority and flexibility back to the states, local communities, and families.

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