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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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?
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They neglected building any high schools here for 30 years,
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But in the free market system, you're forced to change.
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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 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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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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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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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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You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing.
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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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We can do better in higher education. And it is more than just technology. It's also an attitude on the part of faculty. We need to think through how we can produce a better quality product at less cost.