It’s time to do things differently. It’s time for a new generation of ideas from a new generation of leaders.
It’s time to stand up to right-wingers that want to shutter our public schools. It’s time to support our classroom teachers and give them the respect they deserve. It’s time, now more than ever, to seriously invest in vocational education. It’s time to reaffirm our school system as a permanent fixture on our community’s list of priorities.
David Rosen is a lifelong Houstonian and the son of two public schoolteachers. He is running as a Democrat for an at-large seat on the Harris County Department of Education. The primary is Tuesday, May 29, 2012 and the general election is in November 2012.
David was raised in Alief and graduated from Elsik High School before going on to the University of Houston, where he served as Student Body President. He is also a former board member of the Harris County Young Democrats.
The Harris County Department of Education is primarily responsible for special education programs, schoolchildren in the juvenile justice system and some adult education. As a member of the board of trustees, here's what I'll stand for:
I can’t promise that we will turn around the lives of every troubled kid by introducing them to the self-esteem and the self-worth that comes with having some tangible job skills, but it’s a smarter and a more compassionate approach than simply locking up our juvenile offenders and throwing away the key.
Let me be absolutely clear from the outset of this campaign—I will advocate for same-sex partner benefits to be offered for the educators and employees of the HCDE.
2011-12 marks the first school year in our state’s history where Texas will spend less money on public education than the year before. When I serve on the HCDE Board, I will never vote to directly lay off any classroom teachers or educators who work for the Harris County Department of Education.
As the son of a special education teacher, I’m alarmed by how our state government has neglected our most vulnerable schoolchildren. I will work to make sure class sizes at the HCDE’s ABC schools do not balloon out of control, and that students living with disabilities are offered vocational education classes.
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