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CRAFT Mission Statement It is little short
of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not already completely
strangled the holy curiosity of inquiryÉ. I believe that one could even
deprive a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness if one could force it
with a whip to eat continuously whether it were hungry or notÉ Albert Einstein (1879-1955) U.S. physicist |
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CRAFT Affiliates: Will & Dupage Taxpayer's
Alliance Coalition for Public Awareness OUTRAGE-D-307, 258, 111, 61 and 53 Coalition For Our Children's Future River Grove Citizens for
Fair Taxation D- 85.5 Education Matters D-46 and
D-127 Republican Young Professionals Illinois Election Interference |
We support education
reform and fiscal responsibility for all school districts. We believe that the majority of public
schools in Illinois receive ample funding and require no more. We promote enhanced
local control of school districts, and discourage undue influence from higher
levels of government and by private special interest groups. School Districts should not be
compelled to negotiate with Teacher Unions or other groups; they should
answer to the taxpayers alone. We oppose and deplore
the dumbing down of the academic curriculum through fads (ex. "middle
schools" as opposed to junior high), and we oppose political propaganda
in the curriculum. We support parents'
rights to guide the education of their own children and to home-school
without oppressive government regulation. We support parents'
rights to choose a public or private school and to be able to fund this
education through public funds with minimal regulation. We fully support
accountability such as the No Child Left Behind Act and do not consider such
accountability an unfunded mandate. We support the notion
of free education and encourage schools to discontinue the practice of
registration fees. This excludes
fees for extracurricular activities. We support the
discontinuation of end of the career pay raises and lump sum payouts to
increase retirement benefits. We oppose State
shoring up of funds for the Teacher's Retirement System and believe it should
be solely funded by employees that use the system. If the Teachers Retirement System does go bankrupt the
State should not be responsible to bail out the system. |
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