Democratic candidate for Governor Jerri Green offers a detailed outline of her vision for education in Tennessee. Among other things, she notes the state’s Education Commissioner should be someone with classroom experience.
Here’s more:
Jerri Green will:
- Fully fund K-12 public education—not siphon dollars into unaccountable voucher schemes
- Raise teacher pay and restore respect to the profession
- Expand access to school counselors, nurses, and support staff
- Protect honest, inclusive education—not censorship and political theater
- Invest in universal pre-K, special education, and rural schools
- Launch Public Service Year Program for high school graduates
- Waive GED testing fees and take testing to all corners of the state
- Start a dedicated childcare and early education fund, to include investments in afterschool and summer care programming for households making less than $75K a year
- Ensure every public high school provides mental health screenings any parent can opt their child into
- Set up a Special Education Equity Fund to ensure no students fall through the cracks as the Trump Administration cuts critical services for students with disabilities and special needs
- Set up a “Teach Every Student” fellowship to encourage more teachers to go into special education
- Use all possible medicaid dollars within schools to make sure students have the supports they need
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