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While NCLB drove important progress on transparency and data disaggregation, I think it's clear that the status quo in public education is not working for our kids or our country.

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I am most interested in the outcomes at schools and school districts and ensuring that all kids are prepared for college and a career in the 21st-century job market.

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I think if we can get people focused to do what we need to do to keep our kids from being stuck with this debt that they didn't accrue, you might be surprised at how far we can move this conversation.

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I think the inhabitants of the past are fighting hard to keep the rents they acquired in the 20th century.

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Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.

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Study after study affirms what I saw in the classroom every day as superintendent of Denver Public Schools: Nothing makes a bigger difference for student learning than great teaching.

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Teacher compensation isn't the only factor in cultivating great teaching. Other important priorities include changing how we measure student performance, providing more flexibility to teacher-preparation programs, and improving how we train and support principals.

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When I was superintendent of Denver Public Schools, I saw the potential of some of our best and brightest students cut short, punished for the actions of others - kids who had grown up and done well in our school system, and kids who know no other home but America. This is unacceptable.

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A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society.

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My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: November 28th, 1964

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