Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

We have a cherished and celebrated tradition of offering world-class education in our county and our state. I am a proud alum of Guilford County public schools and the University of North Carolina -- Greensboro. Those schools and those teachers made me the person I am today. When I look at my son, Jack, though, it's clear that his experiences in our public schools will be radically different from my own unless we get back on the right track.)

This General Assembly has not valued public education in recent years. You can see it in their budgets, which chronically underfund our school infrastructure and fail to pay our teachers what they are worth. You can see it in the fact that kids all across our state are using 10 and 15-year old textbooks and in how teachers are relied upon to buy essential supplies.

Investing in the next generation of North Carolinians by funding our public education system is one of my top priorities. I'll stand arm-in-arm with students, educators, and families to fight for the school resources we so desperately need.

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