While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The government sets targets for increased four-year high school graduation rates as part of its agenda for improving Americans' health.
Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.
There has been a growing consensus across the country - from statehouses to the White House and the halls of Congress - that we need to take dramatic steps to improve our secondary schools.
Our goal here in New York is to ensure that every child who graduates high school is ready to start a career or start college and to dramatically increase the number of students that graduate from college.
America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt.
All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared for college or the workplace.
I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.
Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.
I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.
Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability.