Gubernatorial campaign websites: on Education


Bill Eigel: Prohibit biological boys from playing in girls sports

Prohibit Biological Boys from playing in Girls Sports: In defense of our daughters right to compete fairly in sports leagues during primary, secondary, and higher education, Bill Eigel supports prohibiting biological boys from participating in any girls sporting event.
Source: 2024 Missouri Gubernatorial campaign website BillEigel.com May 24, 2023

Bill Eigel: Ban "hate-based ideology," other "woke" programs in schools

Eliminate Hate-Based Ideologies such as Critical Race Theory, the 1619 Project, and other "woke" programs in public schools: When children are taught to hate their country and each other, the foundation of Missouri and America is at risk. Eigel supports penalties for any school that teaches these damaging ideologies and supports parents' rights to choose different educational paths for their children and their tax dollars where public schools persist in spreading these damaging policies.
Source: 2024 Missouri Gubernatorial campaign website BillEigel.com May 24, 2023

Bill Eigel: Give parents access to curricula and lesson plan records

Guarantee Parents Transparent Access to Public School Curriculum and Lesson Plans: Parents have a right to know what's being taught in their children's classrooms. Bill Eigel supports legal requirements for school districts to maintain easy to understand and electronically searchable curricula and lesson plan records, available at all times on the homepage of the website hosted by the district.
Source: 2024 Missouri Gubernatorial campaign website BillEigel.com May 24, 2023

Patrick Morrisey: Successfully defended the state's school choice laws

He was a leading advocate of bringing constitutional carry to West Virginia citizens, led the effort to successfully defend the state's school choice laws (one of the broadest in the country), and set up the first-ever Disability Fraud Unit in the state over Republican and Democratic opposition.
Source: 2024 W.V. Gubernatorial campaign website PatrickMorrisey.com Jun 21, 2023

Semi Bird: Facilitate school choice including private and home schools

Source: 2024 Wash. Governor campaign website BirdForGovernor.com May 23, 2023

Mark Walker: Block federal mandates, get DC bureaucracy out of classrooms

I'm running for Governor because we need to Expand educational opportunities. This is how we empower our families. We're on the doorstep of funding the students but we also need to block federal mandates getting DC bureaucracies out of our classroom. We have a world class community college system, let's maximize it by partnering with booming industries to end labor shortages. To make sure that financial literacy is embedded in our curriculum.
Source: 2024 N.C. Governor campaign website Walker4NC.com Aug 2, 2023

Andy Wells: Schools should educate not indoctrinate students

First, children need to be safe in our schools. I support school resource officers. Beyond that schools should educate not indoctrinate students. Using schools to push agendas like political correctness or to promote political ideologies doesn't improve education.
Source: 2024 North Carolina Governor campaign website AndyWells.com Nov 3, 2023

Jennifer McCormick: Focused on a high-quality public education for every child

In 2016, Jennifer successfully ran for state superintendent of public instruction to be a champion for Hoosier kids. She campaigned on empowering students, parents and educators, supporting and guiding schools, and delivering a high-quality public education to every child.
Source: 2024 Indiana Governor campaign website McCormickForGov.com Oct 23, 2023

Michael Morgan: Every child deserves access to a quality public school

Every child--whatever their zip code--deserves a sound, basic education, with access to a quality public school that has teachers who are well-qualified in the subjects they teach. Teachers should be paid as professionals to attract and keep the best and brightest to instruct our children. Public schools should teach the true and accurate history of our state.
Source: 2024 North Carolina: MorganForGovernor.com(campaign website) Oct 12, 2023

Mike Braun: Everyone should be able to enroll in school of their choice

Over 50% of our budget is spent on K-12 education and far too many of our graduates are not prepared to enter the workforce or pursue a degree. As a former school board member, Mike Braun knows parents are the primary stakeholders in their children's education and every family, regardless of income or zip code, should be able to enroll in a school of their choice and pursue a curriculum that prepares them for a career, college or the military.
Source: 2024 Indiana Governor campaign website MikeBraunForIndiana Oct 24, 2023

Mike Braun: Ensure parents meaningful input on curriculum and materials

In Indiana there should be no doubt that we believe parents are the primary stakeholders and decision makers in their children's lives, education, and upbringing. Mike Braun will fight to protect the rights of parents to shield their children from divisive ideologies by ensuring parents have transparent access and meaningful input on curriculum and materials in our schools.
Source: 2024 Indiana Governor campaign website MikeBraunForIndiana Oct 24, 2023

Tanner Smith: Quality education for students, competitive pay for teachers

Committed to providing quality education to strengthen and equip students with the skills necessary for success and competitive pay for teachers
Source: 2024 Montana Governor campaign website TannerForMontana.com Nov 1, 2023

Eric Doden: I support ensuring transparency in school curriculums

Parents have the ultimate say when it comes to the well being of their children. We have to protect our families and parental rights. The best form of government is self-government, and then it's the family unit.

Teachers should teach. Parents should parent. Parents have a right to know what is being taught in the classroom, and I support all measures to ensure transparency in school curriculums.

Source: 2024 Indiana Governor campaign website DodenForIndiana.com Dec 15, 2023

Jay Ashcroft: Our kids our deluged with inappropriate content

It is more difficult than ever to shield young children from material and images that would've been put behind the counter at the Kum & Go just a few years ago. Our kids our deluged with inappropriate content on television, on the internet, in social media, and throughout our culture.

For parents of young kids, it is a struggle to navigate an increasingly complicated and morally relative society and instill the values we were raised with in a culture that no longer appreciates those values.

Source: 2024 Gubernatorial campaign website AshcroftForMissouri.com Dec 4, 2023

Semi Bird: Parental access to ALL curriculum materials used in class

Source: 2024 Washington Gov.: BirdForGovernor.com campaign website Dec 13, 2023

Curtis Hill: Money should follow the student rather than the system

As a father of five and husband to a schoolteacher, Curtis understands that Hoosier parents are concerned about the quality of education their children receive. As governor, Curtis will prioritize removing radical gender ideology and critical race theory from classrooms so students are taught how to think, not what to think. Curtis believes that if children are taught to think critically, they will not succumb to radical indoctrination.

Curtis believes money should follow the student rather than the system to create fairness in opportunity. By investing in school vouchers, vocational training at the high school level, new print and technological resources, and incorporating new language and learning requirements, Curtis believes Indiana can usher in a new era of educational freedom, free of federal entanglements, that prepares students for an ever-changing global economy.

Source: 2024 Indiana Gubernatorial campaign website CurtisHill.com Dec 19, 2023

Phil Lyman: Ensure parental rights on education choices and curriculum

Ensure parental rights when it comes to education choices and curriculum in public schools. No more criminalizing parents who speak up at school board meetings.

State colleges and universities should be bastions for free expression. They should challenge students to expand their views and to broaden their comprehension of the world around them. Still, they are state establishments and, as such, should refuse to host drag shows, should ban the practice of requiring preferred pronouns on campus, and should require U.S history and government classes. They should root out insurgent foreign ideology such as Chinese influence, environmentalist and climate change dogma, and other unfounded and cultish creeds, including religious tenets, that require unnatural adherence.

Source: 2024 Utah Gubernatorial campaign website LymanForUtah.com Dec 21, 2023

Phil Lyman: Protect conscience & religious belief in schools

Source: 2024 Utah Gubernatorial campaign website LymanForUtah.com Dec 21, 2023

JB McCuskey: Empower students and families: flexibility over bureaucracy

For too long, priorities have been misplaced, causing education to take a back seat to bureaucracy. We must provide children with the foundation they need to succeed in an increasingly global economy. These skills, and a solid foundation, provide the crucial piece of infrastructure that job creators seek when determining where to locate their businesses.

If elected, I will always work to empower students, their families and their teachers. I will never succumb to special interest groups or their agendas that distract from the goal and will always vote to give schools the flexibility they need to make our kids' success the priority.

Source: 2024 W.V. Governor campaign website McCuskeyForWV.com Jan 1, 2014

Esther Charlestin: Affordable Childcare for All

Source: 2024 Vermont Gubernatorial campaign website EstherForVT.com Jun 12, 2024

Merrill Piepkorn: Support public education, school lunches for all students

Source: 2024 N.D. Gubernatorial campaign website Merrill ForND.com Jun 16, 2024

Mike Ramone: Ensure teachers have the tools, resources, and classrooms

Despite having the fourth-highest per capita spending per student, Delaware ranks second to last in quality of education. For too long, Dover has thrown money at the problems without addressing the root causes. The father of three and grandfather of four, Mike understands the importance of providing a quality education to Delaware children, regardless of location or income. Mike will fight to ensure teachers have the tools, resources, and classrooms necessary to provide a quality education.
Source: 2024 Delaware Gubernatorial campaign website MikeRamone.com Jun 9, 2024

Peter Duval: Add two years to the existing education system, preK-13

End dithering, add two years to the existing education system, preK-13, while expanding on existing alternative pathways--ensure equitable opportunity in education.
Source: 2024 VT Governor campaign website PeterForVermont.earth Jun 11, 2024

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Candidates and political leaders on Education:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R)
Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R)
Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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