A Governor`s Story, by Jennifer Granholm: on Education


Barack Obama: Race to the Top: 46 states competed for creative reform

President Obama's educational Race to the Top was the most dramatically successful component of the Recovery Act. Using a modest amount of money, $4.5 billion, it stoked unprecedented competition among states to develop creative ideas for education reform. Only 11 states and the District of Columbia won the competition for federal money, but all 46 state applicants implemented major educational improvements that will produce greater benefits than the grant money itself.
Source: A Governor's Story, by Jennifer Granholm, p.243 Oct 1, 2005

Jennifer Granholm: 2002: Invest in early education through college scholarships

I promised to focus on creating an educational system that offered excellence to all children. My education priorities would have a familiar ring even today: First fix Michigan's looming budget problems; then invest in early childhood education; shrink class sizes; reform urban schools to meet new, higher standards; elevate the profession of teaching; give every child access to a college prep curriculum; hold college tuition down; and provide scholarships for all achieving children. Educational improvement was critical to holding and attracting good-paying jobs and restarting growth in our state.
Source: A Governor's Story, by Jennifer Granholm, p. 14 Oct 1, 2005

Jennifer Granholm: Every child in Michigan takes a college-prep curriculum

In 2004 I'd appointed a bipartisan commission to design a road map for doubling the number of college graduates in Michigan. The commission published a detailed road map for reaching that goal. One of the most important of its 19 recommendations was making sure that every child in Michigan took a college prep curriculum. This would be the 1st step toward a far-reaching shift in public and individual attitudes toward education, the kind of change we absolutely required to compete in the 21st century.
Source: A Governor's Story, by Jennifer Granholm, p. 56 Oct 1, 2005

  • The above quotations are from A Governor`s Story
    The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future,
    by Jennifer Granholm    .
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Rep.Peter King(NY)
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