2022 NE Governor's race: on Education
Brett Lindstrom:
Encouraged college savings plan for employees
Brett is committed to investing in our future for generations to come. It's one of the many reasons he passed legislation encouraging employers across the State of Nebraska to create and contribute money to a college savings plan for their employees.
Many Nebraskan families are struggling to afford skyrocketing college tuition, but due to Brett's unwavering dedication to our kids, more students will be able to pursue their dreams at a fraction of the cost.
Source: 2022 Nebraska Governor campaign website VoteLindstrom.com
Jun 24, 2022
Carol Blood:
New approach to student debt should start at beginning
Part of Blood's "encourage education" issue includes addressing student loan debt. "I believe we need a new approach to student loan debt relief and look forward to working with young adults to find ways we can start helping those who are drowning
in school debt," she said. "I believe much of this starts at the beginning when the debt begins, before it becomes overburdening."
Source: The Gateway (UNO) on 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial race
Sep 23, 2021
Chuck Herbster:
There's zero place for CRT in the schools of Nebraska
He condemned Critical Race Theory. He said CRT arrived at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2014. An effort to ban CRT at UNL by one of Herbster's Republican opponents failed, he said, but he commended
NU Regent Jim Pillen for attempting to ban CRT. "It (CRT) teaches us to be divided rather than united. It works on erasing the history of the country," he said. "There's zero place for CRT in the schools of Nebraska."
Source: Kearney Hub on 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial race
Nov 2, 2021
Jim Pillen:
Committed to K-12 education, I support options for parents
I am fully committed to K-12 education in Nebraska. Our schools must prepare our kids to compete in a global workforce. I support options for parents and making sure our students have a pathway to a great job in Nebraska's workforce upon graduation.
That could mean learning a trade or getting a degree at NU or one of our great state or private colleges. Nebraska schools should continue to reflect commonsense Nebraska values.
Source: 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial campaign website JimPillen.com
May 12, 2022
Theresa Thibodeau:
Time for administrators & teachers to know they work for us
Politics has no business in our schools, and yet absurd school decisions have been made recently that defy science, push racist agendas and think it's a great idea to teach little kids about all of the bizarre issues that
constitute sex in our world today. It's high time that school administrators and teachers understand they work for us.
Source: 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial website TheresaForGovernor.com
Feb 27, 2022
Theresa Thibodeau:
Schools have indoctrinated and sexualized our children
Thibodeau, who was [gubernatorial candidate Charles] Herbster's running mate before dropping her bid for lieutenant governor, said the controversial educational topics were one of the main reasons she entered the race this past week. "Our children
are being indoctrinated," she said. "They're learning divisiveness. They're being sexualized in our schools. And it has to stop."
Source: Omaha World-Herald on 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial race
Nov 13, 2021
Carol Blood:
Debt-free two-year degree from Nebraska community colleges
Sen. Blood said, "We have to fully fund our public schools, and we have to stop unfunded and underfunded mandates that are a burden on our local governments."Jim Pillen [responded that] "as Nebraskans we need to do a better job of inspiring each
other and making sure that school boards, county governments and city governments can all make a difference."
Both Pillen and Blood said the next governor must work harder to keep Nebraskans from leaving the state by providing more opportunities for
younger citizens to get the training they need and have sustainable jobs waiting for them "We need to help Nebraskans open their doors to business [for] the kids who aren't on the honor roll or aren't going to be scholarship recipients," Pillen said.
Blood added she believes Nebraska has the infrastructure in place to offer high school seniors up to a two-year degree from one of Nebraska's community colleges, without burdening them with student debt.
Source: KPVI TV-6 (NBC) on 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial race
Oct 17, 2022
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