It is always a great pleasure for me to come home to South Carolina to visit with educators and teacher-leaders who are so in touch and influencing the lives of so many young Americans. I am so pleased such a wide array of talent from great colleges and universities as well as leaders from our K-12 system.
Education is an issue that continues to dominate the public agenda.
Americans want better schools, safer schools, schools with top quality teachers, and schools that teach children the basics as a first step on the road to college. This desire and support is deep and bipartisan. It is not Republican or Democratic, but simply a common sense desire by parents all over America to help their children get ready for the 21st century. The fact that the American people are tuned into education more intensely than ever should be encouraging to all of us. This new attention and desire to invest and improve education also requires us to move beyond the status-quo.