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Supports bilingual education programs, especially in early grades.

Supports providing bilingual education programs, especially in early grades.

Believes schools must teach safe, ethical, and responsible technology use, addressing privacy, security, and digital citizenship.

Believes schools must teach safe, ethical, and responsible technology use.

Wants to incorporate more technical training in the school curriculum to prepare students for alternative career pathways.

Plans to increase STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) offerings to prepare students for the modern world.

Supports more opportunities for students to engage in local issues through service learning projects, student government programs, and partnerships with community organizations.

Advocates for more hands-on opportunities for students to engage in local causes, including service projects and partnerships with community organizations.

Supports the right of students to voluntarily express their religious beliefs at school as long as such expressions do not disrupt the educational environment or infringe on the rights of others.

Believes in separating religion from the school curriculum. 

- Supports providing bilingual education programs, especially in early grades.
- Believes schools must teach safe, ethical, and responsible technology use.
- Wants to incorporate more technical training in the school curriculum to prepare students for alternative career pathways.
- Plans to increase STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) offerings to prepare students for the modern world.
- Advocates for more hands-on opportunities for students to engage in local causes, including service projects and partnerships with community organizations.
- Believes in separating religion from the school curriculum. 

School Curriculum

Supports equitable funding formulas that consider each school's and student population's unique needs.

Plans to implement fair funding formulas that consider each school's and student population's unique needs.

Supports personalized learning technologies, such as adaptive software and intelligent tutoring systems, to help students learn at their own pace and receive targeted support based on their individual needs.

Supports personalized learning technologies, such as adaptive software and intelligent tutoring, to help students learn at their own pace and receive targeted support based on their individual needs.

- Plans to implement fair funding formulas that consider each school's and student population's unique needs.
- Supports personalized learning technologies, such as adaptive software and intelligent tutoring, to help students learn at their own pace and receive targeted support based on their individual needs.

School Facilities & Resources

Supports integrating mental health services in schools and has advocated for increased staffing of counselors, social workers, and psychologists and implementing evidence-based practices like trauma-informed care and social-emotional learning.

Plans to hire more counselors, social workers, and psychologists in schools.

- Plans to hire more counselors, social workers, and psychologists in schools.

Student Wellbeing

Supports competitive salaries and benefits for teachers, as well as pay scales that reward excellence and offer career advancement opportunities.

Wants more competitive salaries and benefits for teachers, as well as pay scales that reward excellence and offer career advancement opportunities.

Supports professional development and continuous learning opportunities for teachers.

Advocates for professional development and continuous learning opportunities for teachers.

Supports initiatives to recruit and retain a diverse, highly skilled teacher workforce, particularly in high-need schools and hard-to-staff subject areas.

Supports efforts to attract diverse, highly skilled teachers, particularly in high-need schools and hard-to-staff subject areas.

- Wants more competitive salaries and benefits for teachers, as well as pay scales that reward excellence and offer career advancement opportunities.
- Advocates for professional development and continuous learning opportunities for teachers.
- Supports efforts to attract diverse, highly skilled teachers, particularly in high-need schools and hard-to-staff subject areas.

Teachers

Supports targeted interventions and support services to address systemic barriers for students from low-income families, English language learners, students with disabilities, and students of color.

Wants assistance like "targeted interventions" and "support services" to address obstacles for students from low-income families, English language learners, disabled students, and students of color.

- Wants assistance like "targeted interventions" and "support services" to address obstacles for students from low-income families, English language learners, disabled students, and students of color.

Eric Dick

School Curriculum

School Facilities & Resources

Student Wellbeing

Teachers

Access to Education