2021 CA Governor's race: on Education
Doug Ose:
More emphasis on standardized tests to ensure proficiency
As part of his gubernatorial campaign, Ose is focused on homelessness, crime and schools.
He would put more emphasis on standardized tests to ensure students are proficient in reading, writing and math.
Source: Sacramento Bee on 2021 CA recall race
Jan 23, 2018
Doug Ose:
College shouldn't be free; it undermines its intrinsic value
[On tuition reimbursement] "I don't believe college should be free. I think if you give something away, it undermines its intrinsic value," Ose told the Guardian. "If every young person who is a freshman in
high school knew that they could get into any college for free, they receive the message that they don't have to work very hard to get into college."
"What I'm more concerned about is getting away from a merit-based admissions policy into something that is a more 'politically correct' substitute," he said. "I don't think that's what the UC system was designed to do. The UC system, in my mind,
was to provide a place where our best and our brightest, regardless of ethnic or racial background, just simply our best and our brightest could go to get add-on skills that would drive the economy for the next generation."
Source: The UCSD Guardian on 2021 CA recall race
Feb 19, 2018
Doug Ose:
COVID: Newsom sided with unions to close public schools
[On coronavirus]: "Do as I say, not as I do. That's how Gavin Newsom operates. Newsom sided with the unions to close your kids' public schools while his children were in their classrooms.
Newsom dined in California's fanciest restaurant while telling you and me to stay sheltered at home and supported lockdowns that destroyed mom and pop businesses," Ose said in a campaign ad.
Source: The Hill e-zine on 2021 CA recall race
Mar 16, 2021
John Cox:
COVID: Let parents utilize open private or public schools
Let's follow advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and reopen public schools immediately to ensure that students are in extracurricular activities, interact with their peers and learn in a classroom. The mental, physical
and emotional health of our children rank as a top priority. If not, California should offer emergency funding for parents to send their children to an open private school or a public one of their choice that has reopened.
Source: San Diego Union Tribune on 2021 California recall race
Feb 12, 2021
John Cox:
I am a school choice advocate; I will push to end tenure
I am a school choice advocate and supporter of charter schools--parents and students deserve a choice in their students' education. I will also promote merit-based pay for teachers and administrators, and I will push to end tenure.
I want teachers to be paid more, but that higher pay must be tied to actual results.
Source: Campaign website JohnCox.com for 2021 CA recall race
Feb 15, 2021
Kevin Faulconer:
Better teacher salaries, give them tools they need
Kevin will get our K-12 students back to school safely, using proven science. He will provide teachers with better salaries and give them the tools they need to do the job, keeping careful track of performance
so we can better target resources and continuously improve student achievement. He will make sure that every student--regardless of race, ethnicity, income, or disability--gets the education they need and deserve.
Source: Campaign website KevinFaulconer.com for 2021 CA recall race
Feb 14, 2021
Kevin Faulconer:
COVID: School closings not based on science
[On coronavirus restrictions in schools]: "There is no reason why California should be the last state to open our public schools," Faulconer told Fox News. "There is absolutely no valid excuse." Faulconer says it's
Newsom "who has allowed this to happen," which points to "a failure of leadership and allowing this to happen not based on science."
Source: Fox News on 2021 CA recall race
Apr 1, 2021
Kevin Faulconer:
Take a firm stance with teachers unions over COVID closures
Q: The state's teachers unions played a role in the prolonged closures. Would you have moved to suspend collective bargaining?Faulconer: I don't think it would be necessary if we had a governor with stronger leadership skills.
Newsom never engaged and took a firm stance with the unions, at a time the state was crying out for that type of strong approach. But he kept deferring and not providing the leadership people needed.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle on 2021 CA recall race
Mar 24, 2021
Kevin Paffrath:
Racial disparities in education due to a despair mindset
Paffrath distinguishes himself as the only Democrat on the ballot with a sizable fanbase. But he isn't a party loyalist. He supports the recall and he described Newsom's spending priorities as "a crime" and his anti-recall campaign "disgraceful."
Paffrath also supports the right of gun owners to carry concealed weapons and partially attributes racial disparities in education to a "despair mindset" in Black and Latino communities.
Source: Cal Matters on 2021 CA recall race
Aug 25, 2021
Larry Elder:
Schools need to purge bad teachers, they inflict damage
[On K-12 schools]: "Parents are concerned that the kids cannot read and write at grade level, they're concerned about violence in the schools, and they want to have an option out," Elder said. Those same parents, he argued, "want to make sure
their kids come out of school and are able to compete for a job."Schools need to purge bad teachers, he urged, arguing that the "worst teachers are inflicting damage on the kids that need good teachers the most."
Source: Fox News on 2021 CA recall race
Jul 22, 2021
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