Tanya Hettler
Republican · DE
Tanya Hettler holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Delaware, worked as a clinician, and has led education policy research at the Caesar Rodney Institute. Her focus is raising K-12 academic results and making schools more transparent.
Where Tanya Hettler stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (2 records), Public Education Quality (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support
Published an open letter to Governor Matt Meyer backing parts of his education plan but opposing his call to raise school spending by $3,400 to $6,400 per student.
February 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: caesarrodney.org
Published a Caesar Rodney Institute paper arguing that Delaware schools need more accountability rather than the added money called for in the state's $700,000 school funding study.
January 5, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: caesarrodney.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
Published a Caesar Rodney Institute paper criticizing Senate Bill 165, which piloted letting teachers choose how they are evaluated, as weakening teacher accountability.
July 8, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: caesarrodney.org
Published a Caesar Rodney Institute paper accusing the Department of Education, school districts and the teachers' union of making poor test results hard for the public to find.
November 27, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: caesarrodney.org
Published a Caesar Rodney Institute paper urging Delaware to go beyond reading screenings and train teachers in science-of-reading methods.
June 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: caesarrodney.org
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Sent testimony to state representatives arguing that research does not show state early childhood programs work, while the legislature passed Senate Bill 305 to expand them.
July 12, 2024
Source: caesarrodney.org
Published a Caesar Rodney Institute paper urging Delaware to return to traditional school discipline, such as detentions and suspensions, instead of restorative justice practices.
April 24, 2023
Source: caesarrodney.org
Published a Caesar Rodney Institute paper urging the governor and lawmakers to make the SAT optional for Delaware high school juniors instead of required.
March 31, 2022
Source: caesarrodney.org
Was named director of the Caesar Rodney Institute's Center for Education Excellence, a conservative think tank's K-12 policy research arm.
March 1, 2022
Source: caesarrodney.org
Past race Tanya Hettler ran in:
- Delaware State Representative District 6 · November 3, 2026 · State Representative District 6; Delaware