Political Quotes

“as we honor and celebrate America's teachers on National Teacher Appreciation Day, I thought it would be appropriate to say a few words about the state of education in my home State of Nevada. I had an eye-opening meeting recently with the school superintendents from all corners of Nevada, and they shared the challenges that teachers and students face each day and ideas on what we can do to improve education. With only 17 school districts in the State, we have a unique situation where our education leaders can come together--in one room and around one table--for a discussion of the issues that concern them. Even more remarkable is the unique diversity of Nevada's school districts. Our 17 school districts range from one of the Nation's largest and most diverse, Clark County, to vast, rural Esmeralda County, which has less than 100 students in the entire district. Such diversity makes Nevada a microcosm of the Nation and provides a snapshot of the varied needs of teachers and students across the country. I met with many of the same superintendents during the early years of No Child Left Behind implementation to discuss the difficulties that their school districts were having in meeting the requirements of the new law. When NCLB was passed, there were many who lauded President Bush's commitment to education. After all, who among us would allow any child to slip through the cracks in our education system if we could prevent it? None of us would do that.…”