Billions are spent — yet classrooms fail students and teachers alike.
PROBLEM
- California spends billions on education, yet ranks near the bottom in results.
- Money meant for classrooms has been diverted or lost through mismanagement, while class sizes grow and teachers burn out.
- Centralized mandates and ideological priorities have crowded out excellence, flexibility, and common sense.
- Too many students are pushed down narrow paths instead of being prepared to lead, build, and think for themselves.
SOLUTION
- Recover misused school funds and put that money back where it belongs: in classrooms, teachers’ paychecks, and smaller class sizes.
- Pay teachers what they’re worth and give them the authority to teach, not just follow scripts.
- End failed, one-size-fits-all standards like Common Core and restore curriculum flexibility that lets students thrive.
- Raise leaders, not just test-takers, with education that builds character, confidence, critical thinking, and responsibility.
- Respect every honest path to success: trades, labor, entrepreneurship, and college all matter, and none should be treated as second-class.
- Keep politics out of the classroom so schools focus on learning, skill-building, and student success.