Current Problems & Solutions

Issues

Solutions

  1. Computer use: According to CNN, approximately 88% of public schools now provide each student with a digital device, and nearly 90% use one-to-one laptop or tablet models. While these tools have reshaped classroom instruction since the COVID-19 pandemic. Unrestricted access also distract students from schoolwork through video games or inappropriate content.

  2. The incumbent’s philosophy is rooted in critical theory, a philosophical and social framework that examines and challenges systemic power relations. It holds that social structures, culture, and ideas of “objective truth” are shaped by dynamics between dominant and oppressed groups. More specifically, “Critical Theory” refers to the work of the Frankfurt School, a group of Marxist scholars based at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany, beginning in the 1930s.

  3. College Work: Approximatley 40% of first-year college students do not meet college-readiness standards and are placed in remedial, non-credit courses. Students who fall below these standards often struggle in freshman-level math and English, while developmental classes add costs without counting toward a degree.

  4. Curriculum distortions: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and hundreds of others addressed the SBOE after a proposal called for teaching students that “radical Islam” motivated the 9/11 attacks. Some SBOE members supported including contemporary Muslim and Sikh American perspectives and linking them to the rise in discrimination and hate crimes after the attacks, but omitted the sacrifices of the 2,977 people killed that day and the countless lives lost since 9/11.
  5. State-led Interventions: About 15% of Texas schools receive below a “C” rating on state report cards issued by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Campus grades can vary widely, even within districts that earn an overall C rating. State-led interventions, including the takeover of Fort Worth ISD, have prompted pushback from parents and teachers over rigid schedules, surveillance cameras, and the perceived loss of local community voice.

  1. Require schools to reassess and reduce classroom technology. Research indicates that children comprehend and retain printed material better than digital content, while handwriting engages brain regions that typing does not. Computer use also reduces test performance, shorten attention spans, and increase mental fatigue. Online forms and repetitive clicking limits discussion, curiosity, creativity, and deep thinking.

  2. My framework sets statewide standards to refocus public schools on rigorous academics, informed citizenship, and respect for civic traditions. It requires a civics course grounded in the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and other founding documents, while preventing political advocacy from replacing objective instruction and academic inquiry.

  3. Schools must better prepare students for college to reduce the need for non-credit remedial math and English. AP offerings must be reviewed to ensure courses prioritize factual, objective instruction rather than politically biased frameworks, including critical race theory, intersectionality, and systemic oppression. Schools should expand dual-credit so at least half of high school students complete college-level coursework before graduation.

  4. As of 2026, about 35 states do not legally require public schools to teach about 9/11, leaving individual teachers to decide whether or how the event is discussed or commemorated. When educational materials distort historical truth, they weaken students’ ability to learn and think critically. Some board members attempted to reshape history to support a political viewpoint, delaying the Texas social studies TEKS by nearly four years. Primary sources show that the proposal shifted attention away from the tragedy itself and the heroism shown by Americans.

  5. Under a 2015 law associated with House Bill 1842, the commissioner may take over a school district. Texas law should be amended so that the elected SBOE, whose members each represent approximately 1.8 million people, determines whether any school district is taken o

Committed to restoring common-sense education that teaches students to read, understand mathematics and America’s history, embrace our nation’s enduring values, and recognize that achievement is earned through hard work and perseverance.