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A bill aimed at making college education and teacher preparation programs more accessible and affordable for people of color began working its way through

A bill aimed at making college education and teacher preparation programs more accessible and affordable for people of color began working its way through the General Assembly on Saturday with

And grandparents who have put their children in public charter schools. and i have no doubt about the sincerity of their efforts to educate their children. but i believe that it is our responsibility, as a nation, and will be my responsibility as president of the united states, to make certain that every public school is an excellent public school. >> under me, would -- what an education secretary would do is to help transmit that innovation across the country where kids living in poverty are ac...

For how to improve americas schools. >> ive met with many parents and grandparents who have put their children in public charter schools. and i have no doubt about the sincerity of their efforts to educate their children. but i believe that it is our responsibility, as a nation, and will be my responsibility as president of the united states, to make certain that every public school is an excellent public school. >> under me, would -- would hat education secretary would do is to help transmit th...

One of the issues that we hear most often about is education and this is a real opportunity for search of the candidatven o talk about teacher pay, teacher ten you youre, college afford ability and school safety. they say this is a day to find out who is for kids and who is just kidding. one of the issues that we can really most clearly discern the differences ideologically between some of the candidates in terms of the liberal and moderate divides so called in this party. we heard from mayor pe...

Theres no meaningful strategy. i think theres a couple goals we as a nation should unite behind. i think we should try to lead the world in access to high quality pre-k and get our babies off to a good start. we were proud to get high school graduation rate to 84%. we should lead the world in college completion. you dont hear any of that. >> you say theres no vision. they talk about school choice. thats one of their goals. >> thats a small strategy. thats not a goal. our goal should be, again, e...

In the book, was hugely, pivotally important. if romney had won it would have validated the entire conservative argument for what to do about the economy. and it would have discredited things like infrastructure, which is critical for getting these folks that tom was talking about employed. and education. because the ryan plan and other things slashed funding for education, medical and scientific research that creates a lot of jobs. so what the president i think needs to do is to get back on the...

In the book, was hugely, pivotally important. if romney had won it would have validated the entire conservative argument for what to do about the economy. and it would have discredited things like infrastructure, which is critical for getting these folks that tom was talking about employed. and education. because the ryan plan and other things slashed funding for education, medical and scientific research that creates a lot of jobs. so what the president i think needs to do is to get back on the...

We slashed regulations, we slashed programs for the poor. so this last election, i argue in the book, was hugely, pivotally important. if romney had won it would have validated the entire conservative argument for what to do about the economy. and it would have discredited things like infrastructure, which is critical for getting these folks that tom was talking about employed. and education. because the ryan plan and other things slashed funding for education, medical and scientific research th...

Success stories of modern america. when you look at high school graduation, college completion, young women are making tremendous strides. theyre actually leaving men behind in the dust. i think trusting young women in generally the best way to go. when you trust young people, they will tend to reward that trust. so i think stigmatizing that kind of clothing, yeah, sure, it seems very cheesy and distasteful. but i think that, again, trust these young people and theyre going to make good decision...