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Carly Fiorina vice presidential campaign, 2016/Education
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- Discussing her policy positions on education on December 18, 2015, in Iowa, Carly Fiorina said that although she would transfer money from the Department of Education to local communities, she would not close the agency. She also expressed approval of the Nevada Education Savings Accounts program, saying, “Our states are our labs of democracy, and the experiment that Nevada is running is an interesting one because it says when parents have choices, students succeed. We need to put the power into parents’ hands, into communities’ hands and give them the choice as to what to do with their education.” She added, “But I won’t dictate from the federal government that program or any other. Direction has to come from the communities."[2]
- During an Iowa campaign event on December 7, 2015, Fiorina discussed issues that are important to the tech industry. She said, “Having led the world’s largest technology company, I know what it will take for America to lead in this realm. We must have a president who understands technology — both as a tool and as a weapon.” She also criticized the federal government’s involvement in STEM education, noting that initiatives like Common Core and No Child Left Behind have only increased the size of government bureaucracy and not helped students gain the knowledge required to enter the tech industry. Fiorina said businesses should take a more proactive approach in identifying students who are interested in technology and helping them develop their knowledge and skills by offering “mentorship, internships, college scholarship and, ultimately, jobs,” as Hewlett-Packard did when she was CEO of the company. She said, “Everyone needs a helping hand. We have the talent, but we have to invest in it.”[3]
- On August 19, 2015, Fiorina suggested the Common Core was too heavily influenced by companies. “Common Core may have started out as a set of standards, but what it’s turned into is a program that, honestly, is being overly influenced by companies that have something to gain - testing companies and textbook companies. And it’s becoming a set of standards not on what a kid has to learn, but instead on how a teacher has to teach and how a student should learn, and that kind of standardization is always going to drive achievement down, not up,” Fiorina said.[4]
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- ↑ NPR, "Carly Fiorina Ends Bid For Republican Presidential Nomination," February 10, 2016
- ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Fiorina: Education choices best made locally," December 19, 2015
- ↑ The Gazette, "Fiorina, O'Malley agree education vital to innovation, disagree on federal role," December 7, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Times, "Carly Fiorina: Common Core being ‘overly influenced’ by testing, textbook companies," August 19, 2015
- ↑ Carly for CA, "Carly on Education," accessed January 21, 2015
