Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"Our education statistics are not anything to be proud of as they relate to our Alaska Natives in terms of achievement, dropout rates, college enrollment."

"We believe, are making a difference. They are still very, very necessary to ensure that Alaska Native children have educational equity with their nonNative peers across the country."

"We can't have a gap in any part of this educational system where it is kind of OK for you to slough."

"I think we recognize that it is not just some decision in senior year of high school that a young man or woman decides, 'I am done with this. I am out of here.'"