Redefine safety issues in schools. Improve teacher preparation programs. Raise expectations standards for students and teachers. Change the school calendar to allow more time for teaching and learning and pay teachers for the additional time. Reward quality effective teachers with higher salaries and better benefits so we can be competitive with other states.
Calendar changes such as year round schools.
Take education out of the political arena let State Board make the decisions. Reduce standardized testing and the reliance upon results. Create schools to meet individual student needs. Make education the sole purpose of our society through full suppor6t of our parents, government, business and all parts of our society. Recognize that everyone is now has been or shall be a teacher.