What a relief it is having a candidate stick up for Public Education in this state! What a relief it is to have a candidate in contention for SC Superintendent of Education and ACTUALLY possess teaching experience! Our State has been searching for answers in regards to Education for a while now and the only thing that we keep hearing is not an answer at all, but sounds of out of state dollars flowing into his opponent's campaign from groups who support VOUCHERS!
Thank goodness someone like Jim Rex came to the rescue and entered this race! Not yet, but pretty soon over half of South Carolina will let a big sigh of relief out once they get to know more about Dr. Rex and his plan and accountability......... And yes, he is accountable, one quick example: he proves this by standing firm on not putting public resources into private education. Unlike his opponent, he doesn't dance around like Jackie Chan on the issue of school vouchers. He states here, "I do not support any system of vouchers or tax credits that takes resources away from our public schools in favor of an unfair, unproven, unaccountable, and ultimately unaffordable dual school system in this State. I do not understand why we continue to waste time arguing about an issue that has been rejected repeatedly, including by the Republican legislature, as too expensive and unworkable. We need to move on to new ideas for the future."
Not all, but some of the Republican party members and groups like _______ and ________ will yell, scream, and call you names. They'll say that you don't know the facts, they'll say public schools spend money like drunken sailors, they'll say that your plan will hurt the taxpayers pocket, etc., etc. Their whole purpose is to try to intimidate you into stopping your gameplan. Realize this and keep moving forward. Your Candidacy in this race isn't about appealing to the party's base or about appeasing the left wing. This is about sticking up for SC Public Education and SC Students. This is the one thing we all agree on. So, whatever you do keep going forward. Go forward!
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Education has been Jim Rex's life and actually from what I have heard, his wife could very well be qualified for this position also!
So let me get this straight Floyd's best qualification and plank for running for Sec. of Ed. is that she is going to make sure as much of SC's education as possible goes into the private sector where she won't be able to have any effect on it? K. Floyd has marching orders from a think tank 1,000 miles away with elitist who have never been to SC, telling us what we should do with our state and tax dollars. Well sounds good to me ; -) Jim Rex is just trying to run on all this experience and qualifications/vision and plan for education in this state, which he has been intimately involved in for decades at every level. Typical Democrat.
Jim Rex is the best person to be the next Superintendent of Education and, fair play is right, Sue Rex is an equally astute and experienced educator who shares Jim's vision for the future of education in South Carolina. What I really like about Jim is his inclusiveness -- allowing educators to join in an open, honest, and sometimes controversial dialogue through http://educators.jimrex.com and providing an opportunity for more general public dialogue through his main website blog at www.jimrex.com.
It's interesting that in a race for Superintendent of Education the greatest challenge is educating the public on the issues and the relative qualifications of the candidates. Hopefully, we can get the class (SC voters) to pay attention and learn the lessons well. If we can, Jim Rex will undoubtedly be the next SC Superintendent of Education.
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