Joe Visconti on Education

Oppose Common Core testing and curriculum

As governor, Joe will
• Intervene in the Common Core issue and provide parents with the clear option of opting out of government testing.
• Protect the arts and literature in education. Political indoctrination, introduced alongside Common Core, must also be eliminated from the classroom and identified for what it is.
• Bring back basic education where teachers can teach without state and federal bureaucrats looking over their shoulder scrutinizing their performance on every assignment or task they initiate.
• Remove government interference in the teacher--parent--student relationship. Children must not be treated as a mechanism but as human beings.

4-year state income tax break for grads who stay in CT

A four-year income tax break for recent college graduates:
• Makes it easier for them to make it on their own, despite being saddled with significant debt in the form of student loans.
• Provides an incentive for students to complete at least a four year degree and not drop out.
• Helps build a pool of educated entry level workers for businesses to hire.