Rod Paige
Rod Paige
Roderick Raynor "Rod" Paigeserved as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. Paige, who grew up in Mississippi, moved from classroom teacher to college dean and school superintendent to be the first African American to serve as the nation's education chief...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 June 1933
CountryUnited States of America
Rod Paige quotes about
houston love opportunity
I love the opportunity to tell the Houston story anywhere,
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I'm still a citizen of the United States and of Texas, ... And I'm proud of the Texas record in education.
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No other president in the history of the nation has requested such strong support for our nation's school children, And the $53.1 billion is $11 billion more that what the president found when he took office just a few years ago,
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whether or not I'd be interested is a whole other issue.
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There is no entrenchment as far as ideology is concerned,
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There are not enough police or metal detectors in the world to solve this, ... That is the point we are trying to make now. We need to deal with more relationships.
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Education is the only business still debating the usefulness of technology.
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The NEA is a terrorist organization.
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To put it simply, we need to keep the arts in education because they instill in students the habits of mind that last a lifetime: critical analysis skills, the ability to deal with ambiguity and to solve problems, perseverance and a drive for excellence. Moreover, the creative skills children develop through the arts carry them toward new ideas, new experiences, and new challenges, not to mention personal satisfaction. This is the intrinsic value of the arts, and it cannot be overestimated.