Issue Position: Education - Building Tennessee's Future

Issue Position

As a product of Nashville's public schools and former teacher at Glencliff and Overton High schools, I know the schools in our community very well. Building a better future for Tennessee starts in the classroom and I will continue to fight to guarantee every child in District 53 receives an excellent education.

-- Co-sponsored the "Tennessee Promise" initiative to ensure that all high school graduates have access to a free community college education, along with mentoring and tutoring services.

-- Teachers are the bedrock of our education system. That is why I voted to keep our state's promise to give hard-working teachers a 2% salary increase in order to reward their commitment to our children.

-- Co-sponsored legislation to provide universal pre-kindergarten to all Tennessee children so kids can begin school with the tools they need to learn.

-- I support maintaining local control of our public education system and believe Nashville's schools can be some of the best in the nation if we believe in our teachers and students. I passed an educational accountability and transparency bill because I believe our students must graduate ready to compete in a global marketplace.

Let's make our schools, colleges and universities the centers of our communities and institutions in which we take pride.

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