City Year Is Taking On Some Of

Whether You Look At These Recent Pisa Results, Which We Are Mediocre At Best, Whether You Look At A 25 Percent Dropout Rate In This Country, Whether You Look At, In One Generation, We're Not Doing What We Need To Be Doing To Keep America Great.

Other Countries Have Outeducated Us. They Have Made This A Priority. And A Big Part Of What I'm Trying To Do, Frankly, Is Raise The Profile Of Education And Get America To Wake Up.

About Two-thirds Of Bachelor's Degree Holders Borrow To Go To School, And On Average They're Graduating With More Than $26,000 In Debt.

We All Have A Role To Play - The President, Congress, Parents, Students And Schools - In Making College Affordable And Keeping The Middle Class Dream Alive.

City Year Is Taking On Some Of The Toughest Work In Education.