Larry Aceves: My Opinion

After analyzing the campaign I have realized that this election is a fight of the Democrats over education in the state of California. There are three candidates running for this position Gloria Romero, Larry Aceves and Tom Torlakson. There seems to be two sides to this election. On the left side there is the old establishment of teachers and unions that speak for the school boards and administrations, where they support keeping the same system that is currently on play. On the right side we have, a mix of parents, philanthropist and civil right groups. They want a reform, saying that there are schools who have not been giving results. Romero and Aceves both support the reform, but Torlakson opposes it, and wants to keep the current system. Aceves believes that the most important issues are, increase equitable school funding, reduce mandates on educators, provide moderate instructional materials, ensure accountability, and enhance career technical education. Romero believes that the most important issues are increasing school funding, increasing patterns participation, decrease drop-out numbers, modernize high school, and the importance of pre-school. Compared to Torlakson who thinks that the most important issues are health, careers, increase safety in local schools, increase funding on the current educational system and increasing health care plans in schools. Out of three candidates the one with the most experience is Aceves, a retired school district superintendent. Romero has experience with being a state senator, and Torlakson has experience being fireman and a teacher. The difference in the endorsements for each candidate also had influence in making my decision. For example the list of endorsements for Romero is short and clearly shows what type of support she is receiving. The endorsements for Torlakson shows how little support from other superintendents he is receiving, and the great amount of support he is getting from teachers and unions. Compared to Aceves, who is receiving support from many other superintendents, which shows a lot about what he might change after winning office. I also took into account the campaign, which Aceves has received 25,800 dollars of support from the Association from Mexican American Educators. It was also reported that Aceves received 112,000 dollars of support from Association of C.A. School Administrators. I am convinced that out of the three candidates , I would support Aceves.