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for 2004 Pennsylvania General Election Legislative Candidates
1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Pennsylvania's system of funding public education? What should the Pennsylvania Legislature do, if anything, to improve the system of funding public education? (75 words or less) To increase the efficiency of funding public education, the Pennsylvania Legislature should reduce the school districts' paper work requirements, remove spending constraints, and give local school boards more spending authority with no strings attached. 2. How should the Pennsylvania Legislature assist school districts to meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act that expects every student to demonstrate proficiencies on state assessments in reading, math and science by 2014, and for all schools to demonstrate "adequate yearly progress" toward that goal? (75 words or less) No Child Left Behind can only efficiently be accomplished by retraining teachers to inspirer students to want to learn. For example, first inspirer students to learn about weather, then teach them all the math and science involved in understanding what causes weather. 3. How should the Pennsylvania Legislature assist school districts to close the academic achievement gap that exists among groups of students in schools and school districts across the Commonwealth? (75 words or less) The Pennsylvania Legislature should give more freedom to school districts and boards. Term limits on school board members. Free required training for new school board members. 4. What, if anything, should the Pennsylvania Legislature do to increase access for young children in Pennsylvania to high-quality pre-K programs and full-day kindergarten programs? (75 words or less) The Pennsylvania Legislature should make full day local kindergarten mandatory and make grades 1 thru 6 local. Local elementary schools would reduce busing costs which would pay for full day kindergarten. 5. What is your vision of the public education opportunity that should be available to every child in Pennsylvania and what will you do to accomplish that goal? (75 words or less) My vision for public educated children would be that they would be inspired productive citizens who can learn without the aid of teachers. This can be done by teaching more self reliance courses and POSITIVE LEADERSHIP (http://www.a7s.us).
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