ISEA recommended gubernatorial candidate Chet Culver rode into Sioux City on Sunday, August 20th and was greeted by educators looking forward to the new school year and to the possibilitiy of Chet Culver as our next Governor.
A former teacher and coach at Hoover High School in Des Moines, Culver said if he's elected, he'll be the only governor in the nation who has actually been in the classroom in the last 20 years.
On Monday, August 21st Chet Culver rode into the parking lot of Des Moines North High School in a school bus at the end of the first day back for staff to announce his plans to boost education in Iowa. The bus was filled with educators and other supporters of Secretary of State Chet Culver.
Culver reminded the crowd that Iowa ranks 41st in the nation in teacher salaries and he wants to raise teacher pay to at least the national average. Secretary Culver said to help make that happen he plans to devote an extra $20 million toward raising teacher salaries his first year in office.
Team ISEA's recommended candidate Culver said Iowa's community colleges have the ninth highest tuition in the nation and he wants to do what he can to make community colleges and public and private colleges more affordable.
Chet and I are pictured here in front of the campaign bus in the parking lot of Des Moines North High School. Local members of the Des Moines Education Association and other supporters of public education were apart of the crowd.
Back in June, the bipartisan members of ISEA PAC inteviewed both Secretary of State Culver and Congressman Nussle. As a result, ISEA has chosen to recommend Secretary of State Culver as the best candidate for Governor.
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