I Just Think We Can't Do Enough

If The Goal Is To Dramatically Improve College Completion Rates, Not College-going Rates By Itself But College Completion, It's Not Just A College Problem. We Need A Big Focus On Early Childhood Education. Our Early Childhood Education System Is Pretty Good In This Country. Not Enough Students Have Opportunity. And, Very Discouragingly, They Lose Their Advantage Because They Go To Poor Schools After That. So, Let's Focus On Our Babies.

It's Fascinating To Me That Some Of The Pushback Is Coming From Sort Of White Suburban Moms Who, All Of A Sudden, Their Child Isn't As Brilliant As They Thought They Were, Their Schools Aren't Quite As Good As They Thought They Were. And That's Pretty Scary.

I Think The Best Thing That Happened To The Education System In New Orleans Was Hurricane Katrina.

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.

I Think Every Student Needs Access To Technology, And I Think Technology Can Be A Hugely Important Vehicle To Help Level The Playing Field.