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Delaine Eastin
3,785,927 votes
53.7%
- Party: Democrat
- Occupation: Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Former State Assemblywoman - elected four consecutive terms
- Chaired the Assembly Education Committee
- Twice named "Outstanding Legislator of the Year" by the California School Boards Association
- Former teacher and corporate manager
- M.A. - UC Santa Barbara, B.A. UC Davis
- Endorsed by the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, La Opinion & almost every major newspaper in CA.
Priorities:
- School Accountability - We need to implement a system to hold all schools accountable to our new statewide standards.
- Smaller Classes & High Quality Teachers - Class size reduction is working and should be expanded. We need to increase teacher training and support.
- School Funding - We need to raise school funding up to the national average in order to give our kids the schools they deserve.
Gloria Matta Tuchman
3,276,824 votes
46.3%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Parent/School Teacher
- School Board Member (1985-1994), Elected Board President twice
- Co-Author and Co-Chair of Proposition 227: English for the Children
- Government Relations Chair, California School Boards Association
- Founder, Campaign for California's Kids
- Former Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education
- Earned "Teacher of the Year" honors at Taft Elementary
Priorities:
- Support statewide student testing and establish a "School Report Card"
- Focus on basic skills such as phonics-based reading and traditional math
- Immediately implement Proposition 227: English for the Children
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