Roy Romer
Roy Romer
Roy R. Romerwas the 39th Governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2001 to 2006...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 October 1928
CountryUnited States of America
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Let's take flight simulation as an example. If you're trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You don't have to get in an airplane until late in the process.
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With lab courses, we may be able to simulate a lot of that and reduce costs.
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We didn't just do well, we did well against history and against dollars.
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We've done a remarkable job in a short amount of time, and I think they appreciated that. But there is a lot of work left to do. This isn't a miracle cure.
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But even if I were not term-limited, I would say I need to move on anyhow, ... There is a certain freshness you need as governor and none of us need to be growing stale in office.
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Education is much deeper than these technological machines and software, but I think technology is going to be a very large part of the system.
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This nation has been drifting back in comparison with the rest of the world for the last 20 years in education.
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They neglected building any high schools here for 30 years,
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This is a truly historic vote. Los Angeles is making a massive statement that we want to educate our children right. It makes up for 35 years of neglect.
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It is clear that we must still implement programs to move up our API scores at all levels, but we are encouraged with the trend,
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I was asked, did I have an affair and did I have a sexual relationship. My answer was no. Now, let me explain that answer. There was no sexual relationship. Affair is a word you have to interpret. I chose in those years, 1990, 1994 to interpret that if you don't have a sexual relationship, you don't have an affair,
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I have observed private and proprietary colleges, like the University of Phoenix, and the market they serve. And I found it intriguing the way in which they are trying to deliver the product, with more accountability, for a price.
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In the course of this marriage, about 16 years ago, I began to work with a person who became a very close professional colleague and a very good personal friend,
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I know why they went after the president. After you've killed the tobacco act, after you've killed an attempt to pass an HMO (reform bill), after you've killed the attempt to put 5,000 new school buildings in America, what else can you do?