Byron Dorgan: “If we do not make an investment in education of America's youth then the country does not have much of a future. I am…”

“If we do not make an investment in education of America's youth then the country does not have much of a future. I am enormously proud of what we have done in the investment in the Head Start Program, for example. This does not start in grade school or high school or college. It starts in the early intervention years with Head Start. The Head Start Program we know works. It produces enormous dividends. It gradually improves the opportunity of young people who come from difficult circumstances. But one of the things that it seems to me we should invest in is safe schools. First of all, if the school is not safe and the students feel insecure, they cannot learn. And the other ingredient is a teacher who knows how to teach--a good teacher, a student willing to learn, and a parent who cares. If any one of those are missing, it does not work very well. But let us talk about the safe school issue first.”