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California Superintendent of Public Instruction

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    Tony K. Thurmond

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    Marshall Tuck

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Age 50
Birthplace (city) Fort Ord, Monterey, CA
Residence (city) Richmond
Campaign address P.O. Box 2145, Richmond, CA 94802
Campaign telephone (510) 859-3241
Campaign email tony@tonythurmond.com
Web site http://tonythurmond.com
Education Master’s degrees, social welfare and law & social policy, Bryn Mawr College, 1995 & 1996; bachelor’s degree, Temple University, 1993.
Experience Assemblymember, 2014-present; board member, West Contra Costa County Unified School District, 2008-12; Richmond City Council, 2005-08; social worker, 20 years; instructor in career, civics & life skills, 12 years.
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We must fully fund education to prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow, train our teachers to teach creativity and critical thinking, not teaching to the test, and protect our public schools against President Trump and Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Age 45
Birthplace (city) Burlingame
Residence (city) Los Angeles
Campaign address 20 Galli Drive, STE A
Novato, CA 94949
Campaign telephone (657) 229-3579
Campaign email info@marshalltuck.com
Web site http://www.marshalltuck.com
Education Master's of business administration, Harvard Business School, 2000; bachelor’s degree, political science, UCLA, 1995.
Experience Educator-in-residence, New Teacher Center, 2015-17; chief executive officer, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, 2007-13; president, Green Dot Public Schools, 2002-06.
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Politicians have neglected our schools for decades, so there is no silver bullet. Rather, we must make education our top priority over the next 10 years, to take our public schools from among the lowest performing in the nation, to among the best.
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