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Education Federal mandates have not improved New Mexico schools, and the monies and testing requirements are often squandered at a bureaucratic level rather than reaching the classroom. By lowering Federal taxes and Federal involvement in education, local school boards will benefit from parents retaining more money and having more time to spend with their families. Education really must start and end at home. Tom
believes that there is no single silver bullet to our educational
challenge, but he does believe that some of the solutions implemented in
Florida should be considered by New Mexico. These solutions include:
proper testing and accountability, school choice options through tax
incentives or vouchers, school and parental choice opportunities, improved
academic expectations, and ending social promotion. If a child cannot read
in the 3rd grade, we must not turn our head and socially promote them to
the 4th grade. We all recognize the high dropout rate in New Mexico
high schools. Without parental involvement, society is sentencing our
children to servitude regarding employment options.
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