Michael Bennet
Michael Bennet
Michael Farrand Bennetis an American businessman, lawyer, and Democratic politician. He is the senior senator from Colorado. He became a senator when Ken Salazar was appointed Secretary of the Interior. Bennet previously worked as managing director for the Anschutz Investment Company, chief of staff to then-Denver mayorJohn Hickenlooper, and the superintendent of Denver Public Schools...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 November 1964
CountryUnited States of America
When I was superintendent of Denver Public Schools, I saw the potential of some of our best and brightest students cut short, punished for the actions of others - kids who had grown up and done well in our school system, and kids who know no other home but America. This is unacceptable.
Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.
I think if we can get people focused to do what we need to do to keep our kids from being stuck with this debt that they didn't accrue, you might be surprised at how far we can move this conversation.
My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher.
Our goal was to not let them have any runs. We let them have one run and that's what you get. They're that good, they can strike so fast.
It shouldn't take this to be able to have the conversation we're having. What you have in front of you is a confession on the part of this district that we can't provide an education at that school for the kids that are there today.
I've focused on making sure we have talented teachers and principals in our schools through proposals like the GREAT Teachers and Principals Act and the Presidential Teachers Corps.
Study after study affirms what I saw in the classroom every day as superintendent of Denver Public Schools: Nothing makes a bigger difference for student learning than great teaching.
Teacher compensation isn't the only factor in cultivating great teaching. Other important priorities include changing how we measure student performance, providing more flexibility to teacher-preparation programs, and improving how we train and support principals.
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There is simply no way we are going to make progress on the enormous challenges we face without making hard choices. It's impossible.
Very very difficult for the board. We've got to do something about our failing schools in this district.
A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society.
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