Our federal government should not push a “one-size-fits-all” solution to our education system. Local communities know how best to raise their children. Wherever possible, we should encourage the money to follow the student. The State government should take a serious look at the failure of the Department of Education to produce positive results over the past four decades and we should incentivize the creation and expansion of charter, religious, and private schools while increasing the quality of our public schools. Every child deserves a top-notch education and broad choice in pursuit of that education. Additionally, each classroom should have the resources necessary to successfully educate the next generation. I will oppose any and all attempts by the State or Federal government to take over curricula.
My life was in many ways saved by School Choice. I was not doing well at the school that I was zoned for and was able to get in to a private school on a scholarship. I began succeeding at the new school and they even paid for my college applications – paving the way for me, the son of a single mother on welfare, to attend college. I believe that all parents, teachers, and students deserve choice in their education. Whether you want your children to receive a STEM-oriented education from schools like BASIS, an arts-oriented education from schools like Arizona School for the Arts, or a traditional public school experience from schools like Deer Valley High – various options should be available. Scholarships and opportunities should not be taken away from families who receive them, but rather expanded to more families that could use them.
