Mar 17, 2016 12:00:00 AM
Who’s going to step up? Who’s going to ensure that the policies and procedures are put in place that will ensure and bring forth a successful future for our students—because my daughter cannot wait eight more years for success to take place at your hands.The responses provided by the two candidates were disappointing and failed to adequately address the issues Kemp raised. And when the moderator asked Clinton if she thought “unions protect bad teachers,” she responded:
I have told my friends at the top of both unions we’ve got to take a look at this because it is one of the most common criticisms. We need to eliminate this criticism.Bad teaching is only one of many ways public education has failed Latino and African-American students for generations. But note that Clinton says we need to “eliminate the criticism,” as opposed to creating a system to improve the training of teachers and provide more constructive and meaningful evaluations to improve the performance of teachers.
Maia is a small business owner and Latino leadership advocate based in Olympia, Washington. With both of her parents enlisted in the military, Maia attended more than a dozen public schools across the country being one of the first of her family to earn her four-year degree. She strives to improve the K-12 and higher education policies that will benefit the communities she serves. Maia enjoys attending concerts, elaborate cooking, yoga, bouldering and plays tennis in her spare time. She is the oldest of five siblings and has two children of her own.
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