Lee Fisher's Education Platform
Sunday, October 11, 1998
"We should substantially increase funding for primary, secondary -- and yes, higher -- education in Ohio not because the Ohio Supreme Court told us to, but because our own moral, ethical and public responsibilities demand it. And we must do so by "leveling up" -- by promoting excellence, not mediocrity -- without sacrificing local control.' - -- Lee Fisher, July 24, 1997
Allocate at least $300 million in every future state budget for school repair and renovation.
Require students to pass a rigorous high school exit exam to receive an Ohio diploma and increase the number of course units required for graduation from 18 to 21.
Require, after two years experience, that teachers demonstrate classroom skills and require that teachers have continued professional growth during every five-year license cycle.
Support peer-mentoring programs to help teachers improve. Recognize teaching excellence by opening an Ohio Teachers' Hall of Fame.
Expand professional development initiatives for teachers, focusing on the use of classroom technology, math and science intervention, and strategies for teaching in high-poverty areas.
Start a fund equal to 1 percent of education expenditures to promote quality teaching.
Start another fund also equal to 1 percent of education expenditures to establish pilot programs to explore creative teaching ideas.
Require at least one certified reading specialist in every Ohio elementary school.
Establish a preschool-to-college council that would bring together educators from all levels to work at ways to prepare students for college.
Provide incentives to recruit new teachers in high-need subjects and locations and to encourage teachers to seek advanced certification.
Limit how much money is spent on school administrative costs, to focus spending on classroom learning.
Expand preschool programs for an additional 5,000 children under the age of 6 and create a model preschool curriculum.
Expand all-day kindergarten programs for Ohio's neediest schools.
Establish scholarships for math and science students.
Increase penalties for anyone bringing a weapon to school.
Encourage all schools to set up programs in conflict-management skills, peer mediation and character-education curriculum focusing on such areas as teaching respect, honesty and good citizenship.
Implement contracts between parents and school officials that would set out what is expected of parents, students and the school.
- Source: Fisher campaign
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