Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

I mentioned earlier the Child Care issue in the area. If a family can't afford day care or that single mom must choose between working and expensive day care or staying home and being on assistance that is not good. We need to reduce the regulations when it comes to that. Our public schools are at an interesting point. The time spent on standardized tests are taking precious time from our teachers and students, and what purpose do they really serve? If our kids can't read in 3 rd grade. What good is a standardized test? Our schools rank in the low middle nationally. We need to take the schools away from the suits in Lansing and return local control and thought to the process… We finally have the pendulum swinging back to understanding college is not for everyone, getting the trades back into the mix is very important.

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