McCrory Campaign Gets Busy on Education and Jobs
McCrory took time to address North Carolina Association of School
Administrators Summer Leadership Conference on education
July 9,
2008
CLEVELAND COUNTY NC NEWS -- Leading up to the
Fourth of July, the Pat McCrory for Governor
campaign started kicking into gear. First, the campaign launched a
statewide "jobs tour" to begin a dialogue with North
Carolinians about jobs and the economy,
stating that Mayor Pat McCrory plans to make economic development a top
priority if elected governor. McCrory visited businesses in
Cleveland, McDowell,
Buncombe, Henderson,
Jackson, and Macon counties before returning
to Charlotte. The Republican nominee for governor visited the following
businesses:
- Ken and Mary’s Restaurant, Shelby, NC
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Shelby, NC
- Cliffside Steam Station, Mooresboro, NC
- RDM Industries, Nebo, NC
- Iwanna, Inc. Asheville, NC
- Manual Woodworkers & Weavers, Hendersonville, NC
- Jackson Paper Mill, Sylva, NC
- The Boiler Room Steak House, Franklin NC
While in Asheville, McCrory took time to
address North Carolina Association of School Administrators Summer Leadership
Conference, where he presented a ten point education plan to
the approximately 800 superintendents, principals, assistant principals and
school administrators attending the conference. Pat McCory
said:
"I am running for governor to change the culture in
Raleigh—a culture that considers a 30 percent dropout rate acceptable. We
need new leadership and a bold new plan for our schools in North Carolina
because the status quo is not working.
"We need to challenge and inspire our students to stay in
school by providing them courses that hold their interest. We must provide an
education that trains today's students for tomorrow's workforce. One of the
goals of an education should be preparing our young people to get a
job.
"In addition, we need to give our local superintendents,
principals and school administrators more control over what happens in their
own classrooms. Mandates from bureaucrats in Raleigh hurt innovation. We need
to encourage creative ideas that work at the local level."
The following is McCrory's ten point education
plan:
- Focus on math and reading in the first three grades. Studies
show that if children cannot read by the third grade, they will likely drop out
of school.
- Provide vocational and technical training for those students
who are not interested in pursuing a four-year college degree.
- Reward our state's universities that graduate students who
fill labor gaps such as math and science teachers, health care professionals
and engineers.
- Give principals the flexibility to award merit pay to
teachers based on job performance. Also permit higher compensation for teachers
who train students to meet crucial labor needs.
- Make it easier to hire out-of-state teachers, retired
teachers and those with expired teaching degrees (especially when they teach
subject areas that have labor shortages.)
- Set a goal to replace outdated textbooks with laptop
computers for every middle and high school student in the state.
- Reduce the burden being placed on North
Carolina's public schools by working to reduce the number of illegal
immigrants coming to the state.
- Give superintendents and principals more flexibility on how
to operate their schools.
- Improve safety by working to reduce gangs and allowing more
disciplinary decisions to be made at the local level.
- Expand training for school administrators and principals at
our state's graduate business schools
Finally, the McCrory for Governor Campaign
Manager Richard Hudson also took time to respond to Beverly Perdue's
negative
attacks on the Republican nominee for North Carolina
Governor, Pat McCrory.
Published by:
Rob Cross
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