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A School Plan Built With Teachers, Not for Them

June 2, 2026 · 5 min read · By the Vance Campaign Team

Neighbors talking together around a table at a community workshop

Pay, tutoring, and buildings that don’t leak: the classroom-first agenda in plain English.

Start with the people inside the building

Our education roundtables put working teachers at the head of the table — not as guests, but as authors. The resulting plan funds a $10,000 starting-pay raise, universal high-dosage tutoring in reading and math, and a repair backlog list published school by school.

Career paths, not just college paths

Half our students want a skilled trade, a uniform, or a business of their own. We fund apprenticeship seats with local employers, modernize shop classrooms, and make industry credentials count toward graduation.

Policy written with teachers survives contact with Monday morning.

How we pay for it

By closing the carried-interest loophole at the state level and redirecting administrative overhead to classrooms. Every dollar is tracked on a public dashboard, updated each semester.

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