Ric Keller: “we want the best and the brightest to go into the inner city, low-income areas to give these young people as much hope…”

“we want the best and the brightest to go into the inner city, low-income areas to give these young people as much hope and opportunity as we can. Right now, we already provide student loan relief for math and science teachers who are willing to go into these low income areas to help turn around a school. When I look at Mr. Stupak's amendment, it reminds me of the movie ``Lean on Me,'' where it has a principal who goes into a low-income area and, against all odds, completely turns around the school. We want the best and the brightest of our assistant principals, principals, and school superintendents to go into these areas and say, Hey, look at all these young people who are taking AP calculus and AP English, and we are excited, and we turned things around. The more we can do to get the best and the brightest into these inner city areas, then the better these young people's lives will be. So I am happy for those reasons to support this amendment, and I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do the same.”