Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

The key to a robust economy, reducing crime and strong neighborhoods is a quality education for our children from kindergarten to graduation. When our children have quality educational opportunities they are successful, and when they succeed, our community succeeds.

All of our children deserve equal opportunities for success. The quality of a student's education should not depend on the value of their neighbor's home.

I've spent the last 20 years as a fourth-grade teacher, and every day I experience first-hand what good policies mean for our students--the future of our communities--and what bad policies mean.

We are fortunate to have devoted teachers across Minnesota, reaching into every corner. But we know we can-and we must-do better by our students.

Politicians need to stop treating education as though it were a political football. It isn't a game--it's the future of this state. And we must insist on more transparency for where our taxpayer funds are going.

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