Excellence and equity are the two imperatives for America's future. Our global competitors value education more than we do.
Parents are more involved in their children's education.
To them, educational achievement is about hard work. When I was growing up in Beirut, Lebanon, my parents' utmost priority was to invest in my education and the education of my siblings. The majority of earnings from my father's modest grocery store went into paying for our education. To my parents and to many Lebanese families, education was about the family's honor. Parental expectations for achievement were non-negotiable and high.