I Think It's My Job To Tell

The Jobs Of The Future, As You Know So Well, Are Knowledge-based. You Need College-educated Folks To Do This Work. And So The Consequences For Our Country Are Absolutely Devastating If We Don't Start To Behave In Very Different Ways.

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.

Teachers Say Their Schools Of Education Did Not Adequately Prepare Them For The Classroom. They Would Have Welcomed More Mentoring And Feedback In Their Early Years.

When I Ask Teachers Why They Teach, They Almost Always Say That It Is Because They Want To Make A Difference In The Lives Of Children.

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