Ann believes that quality public education is a solution to Minnesota's most serious problems, including racial and economic disparities, community violence, and depressed economic growth.

 

Ann supports:

• Increased funding for E-12 education including funding for school counselors, social workers, and anti-violence and anti-bullying programs. Support for universal pre-K programs.

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• Increased state efforts to recruit, train, and support African American, Native American, and other teachers of color.

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• Insistence on courses dealing with civics and government and financial literacy.

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• Support for school districts that want to provide instruction in cursive writing. 

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• Proposals that allow school district superintendents to limit cell phone use during the school day of all students.

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• Current language in Minnesota's constitution to stipulate that the legislature must establish a general and uniform system of public schools.

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• Investment in public higher education throughout the state including recruiting and retaining world class teaching and research faculty,  supporting students through scholarships, grants and loans, and constructing and maintaining buildings and infrastructure. Support for an early session bonding bill in 2025.