Ken Spaulding on Education

Private school vouchers will re-segregate our public schools

Treat public school teachers as professionals, & raise pay

The very first thing that we all should do is treat our public school teachers with dignity and respect. In recent years, our teachers have been treated as political pawns and not as professional educators. Our public school teachers are the only PROFESSION which is intricately involved in our lives and our children's lives for at least 12 straight years. The significant importance of public school teachers in our children's lives and our state's success stands without question.

Therefore, it should also go without question that our teachers deserve to be paid in a manner that reflects their crucial importance to all of us and the very fabric of our state's future. That is why I, as Governor, will fight for our teachers to be paid ABOVE the national average and not accept anything less.