President Obama and Secretary Duncan have set the goal that by 2020, the United States will once again lead the world in college completion.
We want to build opportunity. It will make a huge difference.
Just having world-class standards will not produce world-class students.
I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate what you have done for education so far, and what you will continue to do.
Thank you for your support of public education in the U.S. Senate as well as your previous support while you were a member of our North Caro...
Thank you, Senator Hagan, for inviting me here today to talk about innovation in North Carolina.
What many of our schools need, to ensure that every student achieves success, is transformational change.
I want to work together with my colleagues to make significant changes to the No Child Left Behind law.
Poverty is the same in an urban area as it is in a rural area.
I think that is critical not only in education, but in business.
And North Carolina, I know, has professional development for principals and teachers.
Education should be equitable so all have the opportunity to be informed citizens who can thrive economically and civically in our now globa...
We have 70 early college high schools with 2 in planning and will be effective next year.
Today, however, we have a tremendous opportunity to re-envision and renew what public education looks like.
If we can get more people to go to our rural areas to practice medicine, and become teachers, I think it would be advantageous for those rur...
Thank you for the opportunity to address this committee and the students, faculty, and friends of the E. E. Waddell High School to discuss t...
I think in our country we have to overcome the notion of the, again, the agrarian calendar.
Education is not simply about teaching, learning and graduating. Education is the basis for economic prosperity.
