Kevin Carey, candidate for the State Board of Education on the Stop the War Slate - Green Party of Michigan ticket, is a laid off Detroit substitute teacher and teacher union activist.  Laid off in the last round of cutbacks, he has experienced first hand the hardships being imposed on teachers and school personnel.

Carey stated, "I stand with the Detroit school teachers and education workers throughout Michigan in their fight for economic justice and decent working conditions.  I unequivocally support  the right of teachers to strike, and, if elected, I will imediately promote legislation to increase teachers’ pay 10 percent."

His campaign demands:

• A moratorium on layoffs and benefit cuts for teachers and all school personnel.
• End apartheid education -  equal funding for public school districts throughout Michigan as well as special funding for those districts that have been under-funded till now. Today, the districts that need the most receive the least. For example, Detroit receives $8,390 per pupil, while Birmingham receives $12,740 and Bloomfield Hills receives $13,379.
• More multi-cultural classes in public schools. African-American, Latin@, Native American and Asian-American Studies must be taught in every public school. Introduction of  Gay and Lesbian Studies to stop the harassment and stigmatization of students based on their sexual orientation.
• A tutorial program in all public schools. College work study should be provided to tutor students in subjects where they need help.
• Money for education, not for war. An immediate end to the illegal and immoral U.S. wars on Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Lebanon. Michigan’s share of the cost of the Iraq war is over would be over $8.4 billion.