Candidate for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2020 North Carolina Primary Election.
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Get StartedSocial, emotional, and health supports so that students are able to learn. Learn more
Tie tests to standards-based units, for more frequent, lower-stakes assessments that replace other grading and end-of-year testing. Learn more
Pushing for public charter schools to have demographics similar to the communities they serve. This will mean different things in different places, but we should work to remove barriers that students face (such as free lunch, transportation) in accessing all schools. Learn more
Measure mastery of standards: Students can see their progress and not be penalized if mastery doesn’t happen on the first try; understanding whether students are getting at least a year’s worth of learning growth each year becomes as easy as adding up how many standards they mastered. Learn more
Stop tying student results to pay for performance, to eliminate incentives to cheat the system. Learn more
Our students and teachers will not feel safer by the state’s arming teachers or allowing more guns in our schools. Learn more
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