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
airplane trying example
Lets take flight simulation as an example. If youre trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You dont have to get in an airplane until late in the process.
dream college thinking
The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available.
school colorado students
You can take a school like the University of Colorado, with a selective admission standard. It has a better caliber student going in, so you ought to have a better caliber coming out.
free-market
But in the free market system, you're forced to change.
real commitment guy
I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.
educational college years
But you take a four-year state college, with a broader range of admission, and what happens during those four years may be an even greater value-added educational experience. I don't know.
thinking years tuition
Enrollment in Colorado is expected to expand about 25 percent in seven years. It's very difficult to find those additional funds. Therefore, I think you're probably going to have increased pressure on tuition.
running thinking hands
I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.
educational struggle thinking
One of the things that we're all struggling with is how to judge the quality of the value-added experience of an educational course or year. I don't think it's impossible to do that, but it's difficult.
country teacher children
Common standards ensure that every child across the country is getting the best possible education, no matter where a child lives or what their background is. The common standards will provide an accessible roadmap for schools, teachers, parents and students, with clear and realistic goals.
thinking buying think-big
I think the big force is going to be consumer buying power.
thinking inquiry acquisition
Interactive computers and software will, I think, provide a less costly method of doing some kinds of inquiry, in knowledge acquisition and even reasoning and interaction.
clear encouraged implement move programs scores
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,
deeper education large machines technology
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.