On the recordNovember 13, 2017
This week is American Education Week, a time to celebrate our public education system. The public education system is one of this Nation's greatest accomplishments. In classrooms from Newark, New Jersey, to Nome, Alaska, public schools train a new generation of world leaders, bridge builders, first responders, artists, doctors, plumbers, and CEOs. Children in this country--all of them--have a right to a high-quality education. It is a sad state of affairs that we have a U.S. Secretary of Education who continues to tilt the board against children whose way up is through public education. During American Education Week, I call on my colleagues to stop using public schools as a political bargaining chip. Let's put public schools back together and back to work for the next generation of leaders. ____________________
