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T he thing about big problems is that they’re big. You look at the big picture and all you see are barriers, things in the way that make individual impact seem impossible. I’m known to throw an old dad joke out that I use for inspiration from time to time. The joke is, “How do you eat an elephant?” And, of course, the answer is, “One bite at a time.” Now more than ever — sorry, slipped that one in there — it may seem like big problems can’t be solved. But you can help solve one very big one here in Arizona in a simple way. I don’t need to tell you that we have a longstanding debate in Arizona about how to address public education. By many metrics, we trail other states in educational funding and achievement. We’re not all going to agree on what policies will fix those problems, but we can agree on the first step: VOTE! “You can see from early education all the way through higher education that there are different types of funding,” said Christine Thompson, president and CEO of Expect More Arizona. “But at the end of the day, each sector is dependent on elected leaders echoing concerns of voters across the state, who have repeatedly said education is the top issue facing the state. We need to make sure we are asking good questions of our candidates to make sure they are making the right decisions on behalf of voters.” Expect More Arizona is an advocacy group for improvement throughout the educational spectrum, from early childhood to the university level. They run a program called Vote 4 Education that provides a variety of resources for voters, including voter information, voter registration tools and a tool to connect voters with their elected officials. Thompson said that advocacy efforts have Tom Evans | Contributing Editor All you have to do is vote YOU — YES, YOU — CAN HELP FIX EDUCATION IN ARIZONA FRONTDOORS MEDIA | 27 | SEPT/OCT 2020 NEXT DOORS {ahead of the curve}