Education
is the
Future
Education
is the
Future
Fourth Grade Proficiency
% of students meeting standard (2)
National Rankings
#49 Spending per student
#40 Chances for success
#50 in ACT scores with an average of 19.8
#1 for largest class size.
Whether you have children in Nevada schools or not, quality education is an issue that affects all of us. A society cannot continue to function without well-educated citizens to keep it running. We need workers, doctors, teachers, and leaders who are ready to take on the challenges of the future and lead our community into a bright future. That all starts in the classroom and I will continue to fight to ensure they have the resources they need to help our children and our community thrive.
What have I done?
In my legislative career, I have introduced and supported legislation to:
- Implement hard caps on class sizes to ensure our children are getting the one-on-one instruction they deserve.
- Ensure that Nevada diplomas mean something and stop the practice of passing students along regardless of whether they are prepared for success in life.
- Increase education funding by 26% in Washoe County.
- Ensure that all education personnel — from teachers to bus drivers — are paid a living wage in line with their training and education.
- Take bureaucratic paperwork off the plates of our teachers so they can focus on helping our children learn and thrive.
What do we still need to do?
Since not every education bill that was introduced was passed into law, we still have more work to do.
- Increase funding to the national average. Even with our increased budgets we still have a long way to go to get to the optimal funding as recommended by the Commission on School Funding.
- Lower our class sizes, which are still the largest in the nation.
- Continue to ensure our diplomas are meaningful and our students are learning the critical skills they need for real-world success.
- Take more unnecessary paperwork off the plates of our teachers and increase the time they have for our children.
- Defend our public schools from schemes to siphon away public money to unaccountable private schools.
1. Education outcomes: https://doe.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/ndedoenvgov/content/Boards_Commissions_Councils/State_Board_of_Education/2022/July/Guinn_Center_Nevada_Education_Rankings_Phase_I_and_II_Report_June_2022.pdf
2. K-12 Education in Nevada: Overview and Statistics, Legislative Council Bureau
3. Average ACT Scores by State. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-act-score-by-state
4. Study: Average class sizes in Nevada are largest in the US. https://apnews.com/article/191224822bff477c927c05efa11da0df