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Robert Sarvis on Education

 

 


Free market competition for education dollars

Question topic: Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Sarvis: Strongly Agree.

Question topic: Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?

Sarvis: Their parents.

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2013 Virginia Governor campaign , Jul 2, 2014

Bad schools persist because politicians are in charge

Education is fundamental to Virginia's prosperity. Top-rate schools attract businesses and prepare our children for success. Unfortunately, our antiquated, top-down school system is increasingly misaligned with the future challenges young Virginians will face. Too many students graduate high school without life and job skills needed to succeed. Many others don't graduate at all.

Why does the status quo continue? Because politicians and bureaucrats are in charge, not parents and teachers. To prepare our children for the real world, we need to adopt a modern approach that is proven to work and built to last. This means two things:

  1. Parents, not politicians or bureaucrats, should be in charge of the education dollars spent on their children.
  2. Teachers need to be liberated from the politicized, bureaucratic status quo and rewarded for the educational value--student learning--they create.
Source: Virginia Governor 2013 campaign website, robertsarvis.com , Sep 21, 2013

Supports vouchers, tax credit, charters, & parental triggers

Source: Virginia Governor 2013 campaign website, robertsarvis.com , Sep 21, 2013

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Bob McDonnell
Ken Cuccinelli
Terry McAuliffe
VA Senatorial:
Ed Gillespie
Mark Warner
Tim Kaine

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