Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Not every child's destiny is a college degree. One gap stands out and that is a lack of vocational training at the high school level. James Irwin Charter School, located in House District 17, has a vocational training program that could be the model for expanding or creating more vocational training in our communities. With such a model, we can improve education in our House District and in other districts throughout the State, helping to keep business and manufacturing in our State.

A serious threat to our educational system is Common Core. This federally driven, top-down program approach to education is robbing local control from our school districts and parents. Common Core brings more unproductive testing and reduces our children's time for real classroom education. Home schooling, charter schools, and our public schools are all affected by Common Core. Common Core doesn't make us more educated, employable, or competitive; it makes us less so. We must stop the attrition of local control and quality education, and we start drawing the line with Common Core.

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