Ohio education

Source topic or question: Improving Ohio’s Education

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I will bring reform to our corrupt school voucher system, which funnels billions of hardworking Ohio taxpayer dollars to private schools with no transparency or accountability. Public money should be for public schools.

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Source topic or question: Improving Ohio’s Education

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As Governor, I will put working families first by restoring public school funding to a constitutional level and implement the bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan.

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Source topic or question: Standing Up for Workers

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I’ve walked the picket line with UAW members in Cincinnati and Teamsters in Dublin. I am the only pro-labor candidate in this race – my opponent wants to eliminate teacher’s unions and called to end federal worker unions.

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Source topic or question: Improving Ohio’s Education

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My number one priority is making sure that Ohio’s kids are getting the world class education they deserve. We will invest in new, 21st century approaches to math and literacy and create workforce training programs that give our kids the tools they need to thrive.

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Source topic or question: Andrea Neutzling for Lieutenant Governor

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My name is Andrea Neutzling, and I am running as Timothy Grady’s Lieutenant Governor. I believe that as an Independent I can help cross the aisle between theRepublicans and Democrats to help make this state better for all of Ohio citizens and not just the select few.While I’m not a lifelong Independent, I have gotten tired of seeing those in the two main political parties not listen to those who put them into their positions. Ohioans vote statewide for particular matters and once passed those in Columbus want to change it again.Some of the items that are near and dear to her heart for bettering Ohio: creating abetter education funding system, creating a better way to protect those who are beingbullied in their schools, and better State benefits for our Disabled Veterans.

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Source topic or question: Improvement Agenda

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To quote Warren Buffett in the theme song to his children’s cartoon, The Secret Millionaires Club, “The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself,”. We want Ohio to invest in itself and we want Ohioans to invest in themselves and we want those two endeavors to overlap. We’re going to invest in those things that help people succeed. We’re going to invest in education, invest in our health and wellbeing, invest in our communities. Build ladders to success.

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Source topic or question: A Healthy, Affordable, and Desirable Ohio for Everyone+

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The commitment of this campaign is an Ohio for everyone and for anyone. Whether you want to live in suburbia, a small Ohio village, an urban metropolis, rural Ohio, or Appalachian Ohio; we want to make it a place that is affordable, accessible, and healthy. You should be able to live in these places and still have ready access to a job, to education, to healthcare, to nature, to stores and entertainment, to healthy food. You should be able to walk around where you live. You shouldn’t have to suffer crime or pollution. You should be able to live the life you want.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 17, 2026

Source topic or question: Some of the items that are near and dear to her heart for bettering Ohio: creating a

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better education funding system, creating a better way to protect those who are being

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Source topic or question: Fight for our Future

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We must root out corruption. Honesty, integrity, and public service must be restored, not just in government, but in our culture. Trust is what holds us together, and we must rebuild it. As a culture of corruption has spread, we have collectively lost faith in the institutions that made us great and strong, in our schools, in our justice system, in our financial institutions, in our local governments, in the government as a whole. Restoring that trust is essential to our future success and must be a priority.

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Source topic or question: Improvement and Innovation

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Improvement is Building a Better Future.It is the spirit of National Improvement, the vision of leaders like Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams. It is the belief that we prosper when we invest in ourselves; our people, our communities, and our country.We invest in what connects us. Roads, railways, airports, telecommunications; the infrastructure and networks that allows us to work together and achieve more than any one person could alone.We invest in where we live. Strong cities and thriving villages. Affordable housing. Clean air and water. Stewardship of our land and natural resources that belong to all and future generations.We build. Great works that transform millions of lives, and small improvements that make everyday life better. We invest in discovery. Progress comes from innovation, through science, engineering, trial and error. We learn. Research institutions, moonshots, universities, community colleges, and schools; laying the foundation for anyone to climb higher and achieve more. The sort of Improvement that Clay and Adams and further back to our Founders believed in was not just National Improvement but the Improvement of Ourselves. That’s the idea behind this country, that people will be free to pursue their dreams and rise above. That’s the power of democracy and liberty: the freedom to explore who we are and strive for more.Self-Improvement. It’s the heart of this movement. It’s about people investing in themselves and each other. Gaining new skills, imagining new possibilities, being better neighbors, friends, and family. Prospering by our own hands, our own talents. And as we improve ourselves, we improve our communities. A strong nation isn’t just built by policy or government, it’s built by the choices we make every day. By how we support one another. Because no matter who is running the show, we can control and are responsible for our own lives. Yeah, our government may be corrupt and incompetent, but we can still be better and do better and that will matter a whole lot more and it will eventually trickle through to every institution. We create the fabric of our nation by the lives we lead, not who we vote for. This is a campaign for the governorship of Ohio but it is also a campaign to mobilize thousands of people to work to improve themselves and their communities and that will be 1000x more impactful, in the end, regardless of the outcome.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 17, 2026

Source topic or question: Improving Ohio’s Education

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I will bring reform to our corrupt school voucher system, which funnels billions of hardworking Ohio taxpayer dollars to private schools with no transparency or accountability. Public money should be for public schools.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: Improving Ohio’s Education

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As Governor, I will put working families first by restoring public school funding to a constitutional level and implement the bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: Dr. Amy Acton Selects David Pepper as Lt. Governor Running Mate

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“I am honored and humbled to join Amy’s ticket and partner with her in the fight to deliver for Ohio’s working families. Amy is the only candidate in this race who will tackle our affordability crisis and work to lower costs, clean up the corruption, and invest to create world-class public schools, so we can finally put working families first, not billionaires or special interests,” said David Pepper. “While our opponent is flying around our state in his private jet and moving his business from Ohio to Texas, we’re working to tackle the affordability crisis and create an Ohio where we can all get ahead.”

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: Acton–Pepper Shared Ticket Priorities

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Our public schools are the foundation of our communities. As a kid, public schools saved my life. It was the safety net I needed. That’s why I’m fighting for free breakfast and lunch. No child in Ohio should go hungry. Providing this support ensures that all of Ohio’s kids have the fuel they need to learn and thrive.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: World Class Education For Your Kids

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Expand career-technical education and apprenticeships to create real pathways to good-paying jobs.

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Source topic or question: Beyond Left vs Right

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The power of the state government is limited, the power of the governor even more so. Real reform, real growth, a real renaissance, requires a real plan. It requires concerted action at multiple levels of government and buy-in from decision makers, institutions, business, and most importantly the public. If the state government isn’t on the same page as city and county governments, our efforts will fail. If cities are still competing against each other in a race to the bottom to attract businesses, our efforts will fail. If we pass a budget with investment in education and capital for new businesses and the public doesn’t believe in it, doesn’t think it’s a real opportunity to skill up or start a business, our efforts will fail.

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Source topic or question: A New Ohio City+

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The next step is to invest heavily in our education, training, and research. This is tied closely to investment in cities.

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Source topic or question: Infrastructure, Transport, and the Physical Economy+

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EV and battery dominance: Invest in lithium battery production Fuel cell research Support electric tech stack dominance through Ohio’s existing cutting edge research universities, car manufacturing, and solar manufacturing industry.

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Source topic or question: Infrastructure, Transport, and the Physical Economy+

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Create an entrepreneurship office at all public colleges and universities that connects new technologies, entrepreneurs, venture capital, and workforce training to support new business and industry development across the state.

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Source topic or question: Expanded Campus Location and Access+

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Colleges and universities are huge influxes of state and federal money. They should support the communities where they are located. Deep integration will make both stronger.

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Source topic or question: Infrastructure, Transport, and the Physical Economy+

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Expand nuclear engineering programs at public universities.

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Source topic or question: Infrastructure, Transport, and the Physical Economy+

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Increase therapists and school-based mental health services.

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Source topic or question: Rustbelt Renaissance

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By knowing and embracing who we are we will lead a Rust Belt Renaissance. Renaissance means rebirth. It means bouncing back. Every renaissance, every golden age, every great epoch was preceded by crisis. Athens, Rome, Florence, Edinburgh, Vienna, Chicago; each was made great in the wake of crisis. Fostering that renaissance means using our history to our advantage, recognizing our economic diversity and potential held within our small and medium sized cities that are so often overlooked. Reindustrializing means innovation and regional economic integration. It means turning our research and technology powerhouses like Cleveland Clinic, the public university system, and Wright-Patterson into engines of innovation tied to our industrial centers and supply chains. Left-Behind Ohio, really anywhere outside the major cities, are actually overlooked Ohio. They will be the key to unlocking the future of Ohio.

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Source topic or question: Expanded Campus Location and Access+

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New and expanded post-secondary campuses should be located within cities, not on remote outskirts. Ohio’s cities are full of underutilized buildings that can be repurposed for educational use. Placing colleges downtown is cheaper than building greenfield campuses, creates foot traffic for local businesses, and makes education genuinely accessible. A resident should be able to walk or take a short transit ride to attend class.

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Source topic or question: Infrastructure, Transport, and the Physical Economy+

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Ban phones and laptops in classes (unless specific to digital literacy related curriculum)

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Source topic or question: A Healthy, Affordable, and Desirable Ohio for Everyone+

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The commitment of this campaign is an Ohio for everyone and for anyone. Whether you want to live in suburbia, a small Ohio village, an urban metropolis, rural Ohio, or Appalachian Ohio; we want to make it a place that is affordable, accessible, and healthy. You should be able to live in these places and still have ready access to a job, to education, to healthcare, to nature, to stores and entertainment, to healthy food. You should be able to walk around where you live. You shouldn’t have to suffer crime or pollution. You should be able to live the life you want.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Source topic or question: The Ohio Vision

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Let us call forth a new vision for Ohio; a vision of abundance and prosperity, of growth and innovation, of opportunity and liberty. An Ohio that leads. An Ohio that owns its future. An Ohio for all of us.Past politicians and policies have failed because they failed to understand what actually makes an economy strong. Prosperity emerges from the ground up. It is a product of productivity. Productivity is a product of innovation. And innovation is a product of human interaction; of people encountering each other, exchanging ideas, and building things together. We need to focus on people and place.To that end, this platform concentrates on three interconnected pillars: Cities, Education, and Infrastructure.

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Source topic or question: Infrastructure, Transport, and the Physical Economy+

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Support more self-paced education tools.

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Source topic or question: A New Ohio City+

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We will invest in community colleges, technical schools, and branch campuses within our smaller and medium sized cities and our larger cities (where we will also invest in flagship universities and larger institutions).

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Source topic or question: A New Ohio City+

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In many instances community colleges, technical schools, and branch campuses will work jointly and be part of the same operation while allowing for internal diversity.

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Source topic or question: Infrastructure, Transport, and the Physical Economy+

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Expand medical school slots and lower costs.

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Source topic or question: A Differentiated and Competitive High School System+

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High school will also carry a clearer social contract. Attendance, effort, and achievement matter and will be recognized and rewarded. The culture of schools should cultivate a genuine desire to learn, an understanding that excellence is worth pursuing for its own sake, not only as a credential. In an era when AI increasingly makes knowledge retrieval trivial, the competitive advantage of a well-educated person is not what they can look up but what they can think, create, and build. It is overwhelmingly about drive and desire for personal improvement.

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Source topic or question: Two free years of post-secondary education

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Two Free Years of Post-Secondary Education+ Every Ohioan will be guaranteed two years of tuition-free post-secondary education following high school at a community college, technical school, or public university. This program will be universal in eligibility and differentiated in path: students may pursue a two-year associate’s degree, a technical certification, a vocational qualification, or the first two years of a four-year degree at any public Ohio institution. The state pays the tuition; the student chooses the direction and must demonstrate ability. The program will be voluntary but strongly incentivized, and we expect adoption rates approaching 90%. By default, high school graduates will have a connected pathway to their local affiliated community college or university. But they may apply to any public institution in Ohio and attend if accepted, including flagship research universities, where the two-year benefit applies toward a four-year degree. Students who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement will have access to selective and accelerated pathways. Long-term this will create one of the best educated and skilled workforces in the world. Preparing Ohioans for a changing future and preparing Ohio to compete and succeed. At the same time it will help fuel an explosion of new business formation, invention, and innovation that will grow the economy, lower costs, and deliver more and better. This will require a massive expansion of Ohio’s post-secondary institutions, especially community colleges. It will require the hiring of thousands more instructors and professors. New and expanded facilities will be a tremendous investment in all of Ohio and provide new services and be aligned with downtown revitalization efforts.

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Source topic or question: Timothy Grady for Governor of Ohio

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We must root out corruption. Honesty, integrity, and public service must be restored, not just in government, but in our culture. Trust is what holds us together, and we must rebuild it. As a culture of corruption has spread, we have collectively lost faith in the institutions that made us great and strong, in our schools, in our justice system, in our financial institutions, in our local governments, in the government as a whole. Restoring that trust is essential to our future success and must be a priority.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Source topic or question: Improvement and Innovation

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Improvement is Building a Better Future.It is the spirit of National Improvement, the vision of leaders like Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams. It is the belief that we prosper when we invest in ourselves; our people, our communities, and our country.We invest in what connects us. Roads, railways, airports, telecommunications; the infrastructure and networks that allows us to work together and achieve more than any one person could alone.We invest in where we live. Strong cities and thriving villages. Affordable housing. Clean air and water. Stewardship of our land and natural resources that belong to all and future generations.We build. Great works that transform millions of lives, and small improvements that make everyday life better. We invest in discovery. Progress comes from innovation, through science, engineering, trial and error. We learn. Research institutions, moonshots, universities, community colleges, and schools; laying the foundation for anyone to climb higher and achieve more. The sort of Improvement that Clay and Adams and further back to our Founders believed in was not just National Improvement but the Improvement of Ourselves. That’s the idea behind this country, that people will be free to pursue their dreams and rise above. That’s the power of democracy and liberty: the freedom to explore who we are and strive for more.Self-Improvement. It’s the heart of this movement. It’s about people investing in themselves and each other. Gaining new skills, imagining new possibilities, being better neighbors, friends, and family. Prospering by our own hands, our own talents. And as we improve ourselves, we improve our communities. A strong nation isn’t just built by policy or government, it’s built by the choices we make every day. By how we support one another. Because no matter who is running the show, we can control and are responsible for our own lives. Yeah, our government may be corrupt and incompetent, but we can still be better and do better and that will matter a whole lot more and it will eventually trickle through to every institution. We create the fabric of our nation by the lives we lead, not who we vote for. This is a campaign for the governorship of Ohio but it is also a campaign to mobilize thousands of people to work to improve themselves and their communities and that will be 1000x more impactful, in the end, regardless of the outcome.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Source topic or question: Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship+

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We will dramatically increase direct state funding for research and innovation at Ohio’s universities and colleges. Funds will also support cluster development and public-private partnerships in research and development.

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Source topic or question: An Integrated Educational Ladder+

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K–8 education will emphasize foundational mastery: literacy, numeracy, scientific reasoning,and civic knowledge. Students will be grouped and paced by demonstrated ability and achievement, not simply by age, from the middle grades onward. This means slower students receive genuine support to catch up rather than being passed along, and faster students are challenged at the level they are actually operating at. A teacher managing a class of students performing at roughly the same level is a more effective teacher than one trying to serve a twenty-point ability range simultaneously.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Source topic or question: Public Education

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As House Finance Committee chair, helped secure a one-billion-dollar increase in Ohio public-education funding.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 23, 2026