Welcome
Tedesco 4 Kids is the campaign to elect John Tedesco as North Carolina’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
We are excited about the opportunity of a proven leader, like John Tedesco, standing as a champion who can improve education for our children, but this campaign is about much more than one individual. This campaign is for those who believe we can and must produce significant measurable results for our students, support parents, empower teachers, reduce bureaucracy, and increase local controls in education.
Over the past 12 years, the Perdue/Easley/Atkinson Administration has allowed North Carolina’s proud historic commitment to education to dwindle. North Carolina's schools have failed to keep pace as the digital age unfolds. Under their watch we have lost thousands of teachers across NC while adding more bureaucrats.
We are considerably outpaced by international standards, and are lagging behind most of the nation. They have had no answers short of lotteries and calls for further tax-increases.
The future of our children and our state is too important for gambling and games. More than ever we need real leadership and our teachers need our support. North Carolina’s economic vitality and societal constructs are being developed in today’s school house. Our children deserve better; the future of our state is depending on it.
As you learn more about Mr. Tedesco, you will find a leader who tackled bureaucracy head-on to produce real measurable results in the state’s largest school system and the 16th largest in the nation. With his critical leadership in place, Wake County’s 165 schools, 147,000 students and 18,000 employees charted a course from good to great. He started with the premise that we can build schools that challenge our most gifted while raising our most vulnerable. In his efforts he always puts our students, families and tax-payers first.
Across North Carolina citizens are talking about his courage. John Tedesco is a man who is not only passionate and skilled, but tenacious in his pursuit to provide all children with the best education possible to allow them to chase their dreams. John Tedesco is recognized as a man true to his word, steadfast in his character and uniquely positioned to take on complex challenges, even in the face of extreme opposition from bureaucrats, political agendas and the status quo excuses. This has earned him the respect of supporters and critics alike.
Together we can solve the complex problems that have hindered our education system, and that we can provide all children with rigorous opportunities to reach their full potential - then this campaign is for you.
