To be successful in todays economy, all students need education and training that goes beyond the high school diploma. Far too many students leave our schools today without the skills and knowledge needed to compete in college, careers, and in life. For that reason, more rigorous training such as the A-G curriculum at the high school level is necessary to prepare ALL students for both college and career.

A-G courses are math, science, history, social science, English, foreign language, and art courses certified by the University of California or California State University as rigorous enough to prepare high school students for college and are required for entrance into the UC and CSU. A-G also prepares students for community college and career.

I support a rigorous A-G curriculum for ALL students that levels the playing field for students of diverse backgrounds, that keeps students engaged by raising expectations and by making courses more relevant, that helps ALL students do better, fail less, learn more, and that prepares everyone for college and career.