Doug Robinson’s education plan as governor is straightforward: school choice and specifically more charter schools in Colorado.

Charter Schools are affiliated with local elected school boards but have more local autonomy over curriculum and religion, and their teachers are usually non-unionized, a feature conservatives tend to really like.

Robinson’s plan levels a shot across the bow at the union’s broadside on collective bargaining.

“Across Colorado, school districts are desperately struggling to fill vacant teaching positions,” it states. “If we’re going to fix this crisis, we need to elevate our teachers, empowering them in the classroom and providing better incentives for student achievement. An effective teacher can have a profound impact on the future success of students. We must improve our evaluation system, so we can pay our best more.”

You can read the plan here.

Robinson’s campaign cited the 2016 State of Charter Schools triennial report that indicated charter school students outperformed those in regular public schools in English and math.

Bruce Hoyt, the former vice chairman of Denver Public Schools and a school choice supporter, said in a statement released by Robinson’s team, “Doug’s plan hits the nail on the head.”

Robinson’s plan talks about equipping kids for future jobs, with science, technology, engineering and mathematics.  He talked about public-private partnerships and vocational training – not really new topics in the Colorado discussion at the statehouse, but a clear statement of where Robinson’s head is.

Robinson previously released a plan to fix Colorado’s traffic problem.

His proposals include outsourcing ongoing maintenance to the private sector to cut cost and invest in new road-building projects.

“Our traffic problems have now reached crisis levels because we never developed a long-term strategy to improve our roads,” Team Robinson said. “Roads can’t be built overnight, and with a population that’s growing as rapidly as it is in Colorado, we need to fix this problem now in order to be prepared for the problems we’ll face in ten years.

Robinson faces a Republican primary that, so far, includes Arapaho County District Attorney Beorge Brauchler, entrepreneur Victor Mitchell, local Donald Trump leader Steve Barlock, Larimer County Commissioner Lew Gaiter III, former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez and conservative activist Jim Rundberg.

Still it’s quite possible for other big names to jump in, most state Treasurer Walker Stapleton, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, former CSU Athletic Director Jack Graham, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo and businessman Barry Farah.