text: The national teachers’ unions are big fans of Juneau. In fact, she’s even rumored to be a possible candidate for education secretary under Hillary Clinton—also a union favorite—if the latter wins the presidency.
  “I’m always so proud of the good work that’s going on in our schools, seeing good teachers teaching, seeing students learning,” Juneau said during her opening remarks in a debate here at Great Falls College Montana State University Wednesday evening.
  And she pitched Graduation Matters Montana, which she launched nearly seven years ago—Juneau was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012—to improve graduation rates in state. Noting that the state’s graduation rate increased from 81 percent in 2009-10 to 86 percent for the 2014-15 school year, a record high in Montana, she told the audience here the increase “boosts our economy by millions every year.” (Her campaign says that spike equates to an additional $6 million in state economic activity.)
  When you look at Juneau’s positions on hot-button education issues of various prominence, they are hard to classify easily and briefly—more on that in a moment. But in a response to a candidate questionnaire from the American Association of University Women of Montana that were distributed before the debate, she said the following:
  She supports “increasing resources to vigorously enforce Title IX and other civil rights laws pertaining to education.” Zinke did not respond.