{"id":1644118,"date":"2022-09-16T19:19:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1644118"},"modified":"2022-09-16T19:22:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:22:23","slug":"california-candidate-for-superintendent-of-public-schools-discusses-how-to-fix-californias-education-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-candidate-for-superintendent-of-public-schools-discusses-how-to-fix-californias-education-system\/","title":{"rendered":"California Candidate For Superintendent Of Public Schools Discusses How To Fix California\u2019s Education System"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-candidate-for-superintendent-of-public-schools-discusses-how-to-fix-californias-education-system%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1644118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">Lance Christensen is <a href=\"https:\/\/lancechristensen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">running<\/a> to be the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> Superintendent of Public Instruction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a discussion with The Daily Wire, Christensen, a father of five, said he jumped into the race to solve some of the education problems plaguing the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cCalifornia, years ago, was the premiere place for K-12 education in the entire world \u2014 in fact, for all of education, higher education included \u2014 and a few generations of really progressive tactics have moved the state from the envy of the world to the pity of the world,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we have an education system that went from being one of the top producers of scientists and mathematicians and artists to one that can barely put out kids that can read. We rank 50th in the nation in literacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cAnd looking at all of that combined with a very \u2026 strong cultural shift in politicizing these kids with the teachers unions, we\u2019ve now got a product that people are leaving the state in droves to get a better education,\u201d he explained. \u201cJust over the last two years, we\u2019ve lost 271,000 kids out of our public school system and we went from growing from over six million kids to around 5.9 million, and it\u2019s a complete disaster for a lot of school districts\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Christensen is a proponent of school choice, and says \u201ckids shouldn\u2019t be held captive by their zip codes.\u201d He also wants to appoint a chief parent advocate as his first action if elected.\u00a0\u201cThe parent owns their child, not the school or the state. And parents should get the best education they can for their kid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Christensen discussed how to empower parents more in their kids\u2019 education, saying the first step is to get them to understand that public schools are not what they used to be. \u201cMotivating them to action, taking control of their kids\u2019 education is part two, and part three is speaking out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also said districts that can get teachers unions out of the equation and cultivate an environment of academic achievement while creating quality teachers will succeed, noting, \u201cIn California, the teachers union is so powerful and is so overwhelming that right now they control the whole system. And that\u2019s largely why it\u2019s failing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The morale among teachers has been low across the nation. He said that good teachers should be rewarded for their ability, while bad teachers should not be able to stay in a job as easily as they have been able to. \u201cI say we pay good teachers a good salary, more money. I have no problem paying a good teacher a six figure salary,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cBut that must also come along with getting rid of bad teachers easier than the two year tenure they have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">He also said there should be more opportunity for people to be credentialed from other fields, especially those who want to teach after they retire. \u201cI think there\u2019s a multitude of opportunities to get grown professionals, mature, respectable people from the community, to get back into our public schools and to demonstrate opportunities for these kids to find success,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">He also believes the pension system should be reformed, especially since it doesn\u2019t benefit women who leave work to raise a family and return later on. He also noted that there are ways to help teachers feel safer in schools rather than letting students \u201crun roughshod over their teachers and other students in the classroom,\u201d as California laws are allowing them to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">COVID lockdowns, in particular, negatively impacted students across the state. As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-students-scores-suffered-during-covid-lockdowns-but-newsom-accepts-an-award-for-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, Fox KTVU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/student-test-scores-graduation-rates-decline-during-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caaspp-elpac.cde.ca.gov\/caaspp\/DashViewReportSB?ps=true&amp;lstTestYear=2021&amp;lstTestType=B&amp;lstGroup=1&amp;lstSubGroup=1&amp;lstSchoolType=A&amp;lstGrade=13&amp;lstCounty=00&amp;lstDistrict=00000&amp;lstSchool=0000000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a>\u00a0released earlier this year that showed test results went down over the past year and enrollment also decreased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The data showed that only around 49% of students met or exceeded the standard for English Language Arts\/Literacy, while about 34% did so in math during the 2020-2021 school year. During the 2018-2019 school year, those\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caaspp-elpac.cde.ca.gov\/caaspp\/DashViewReportSB?ps=true&amp;lstTestYear=2019&amp;lstTestType=B&amp;lstGroup=1&amp;lstSubGroup=1&amp;lstGrade=13&amp;lstSchoolType=A&amp;lstCounty=00&amp;lstDistrict=00000&amp;lstSchool=0000000&amp;lstFocus=a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numbers<\/a>\u00a0were over 51% for English and almost 40% for math.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Graduation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ca.gov\/ds\/ad\/datasummary.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rates<\/a> also went down in 2020-2021 from the year before, with African American students being most negatively impacted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Christensen said that while the world was shocked by COVID, after the initial few weeks, it was clear it wasn\u2019t affecting children and \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t have locked kids out.\u201d He also said school districts would need to be held accountable for the recovery money they received, and people should be aware of where it was used.<\/p>\n<p>While Christensen went to college and got a master\u2019s degree \u2014 which he fully paid himself and worked on scholarships \u2014 he said he thinks \u201cthe time of sending every kid to college is over\u201d and is a supporter of vocational education. \u201cBut I also believe that learning never stops, but it doesn\u2019t have to happen in the classroom either,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lance Christensen is running to be the next California Superintendent of Public Instruction. In a discussion with The Daily Wire, Christensen, a father of five, said he jumped into the race to solve some of the education problems plaguing the state. \u201cCalifornia, years ago, was the premiere place for K-12 education in the entire world &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1644120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1644118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1644118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1644120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1644118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1644118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1644118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}