MY TOP PRIORITIES 

• Prepare high school graduates for 21st Century jobs
  
• Offer career & vocational choices so K-12 students learn employable skills
  
• Reduce the number of school drop-outs
  
• Close the achievement gap
  
• Improve discipline & learning
  
• Work to find bipartisan solutions
  
• Recruit & retain quality teachers
  
• Control costs & get $$ to classrooms
  
• Reduce property taxes
  
  

Educational issues have been high on my list of priorities for decades.  I have taught various subjects at the K-12 and post-secondary level including science, math, public administration and faculty in-service.   Plus, I have owned and managed manufacturing, consulting and international trade businesses.

As a born and raised Kansan, I attended Roosevelt Middle School and East High School in Wichita.  I went to Wichita State University then transferred and graduated from KU.  After teaching public school Science, I earned my Ph.D. from Michigan State University.  My Major was Instructional Systems Design, with Minors in Political Science, Business Management and computer applications.  I developed a predictive model of instructional costs for my Doctoral Dissertation. 

In addition, I was elected to serve on a School Board and headed the District budget process.  I have also served on the faculty at 3 universities and 2 colleges.  And, as owner of a private business, I have completed educational projects in 16 States involving over 700,000, K-12 students.  Furthermore, I have served as the Budget and Planning Director for a 6-State Federal Project which included 125 Midwestern schools.  So, I understand education issues from both sides—the classroom and the boardroom.