ill Long Thompson unveiled a handful of education initiatives Wednesday while Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels introduced five campaign commercials, three of which focus on his own education proposals.
The two face off in November's gubernatorial election.
"I don't have all the answers, but we are not meeting our objectives," Long Thompson said at a Statehouse news conference Wednesday.
One of her proposals is to provide a free book every month to all Hoosier children from birth to age 5. This is modeled after Tennessee's partnership with Dolly Parton's "Imagination Library," but Long Thompson's program would be paid for with private donations.
She also wants to allow kids who need the extra time and help to attend a fifth year of high school in an effort to improve Indiana's graduation rate of about 76 percent.
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