Education policy priorities
Education appears among issues where national surveys show clear partisan preference gaps heading into 2026. States control most K-12 funding, standards, and choice policies. North Dakota must weigh curriculum, funding formulas, school choice, and local control amid that national attention on education performance and values.
Where should North Dakota focus its K-12 education policy?
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Sources
Pew Research Center — https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/07/23/as-the-2026-midterms-approach-economy-is-front-and-center
Democrats hold 14-point advantages on both healthcare and environmental policy, a 10-point advantage on abortion policy, and a 9-point advantage on education policy.
YouGov — https://yougov.com/en-us/trackers/most-important-issues-facing-the-us
Opportunity to get a good education
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Increase public-school funding and reject voucher programs that divert resources
- Fund public schools robustly while piloting limited, accountable choice options
- Balance baseline public funding with local control and modest choice experiments
- Expand school choice and charters and tie funding more tightly to outcomes
- Maximize vouchers and private options and shrink the state education bureaucracy