Mayor Cory Booker on America's Failing Education System (2 of 2)

Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker discusses the failure of the American education system and the urgent need for the country's citizens to work together to fix it. After recalling a story in which he was told, "you can always go three inches further," Booker challenges the citizens of America to push for transformative change, and encourages the education sector to build on the successes of high performing schools by creating more. As Booker points out, schools can create radical transformation in children's lives -- but only those children who are lucky enough to get into one of the "good" schools. Those entering underperforming schools are often more likely to go into prison that to secure full time jobs. New Jersey alone spends billions of dollars each year as a result of the failed education system; indeed, consulting firm McKinsey conducted a study that declared that the country's GDP would grow by trillions of dollars if it were able to increase graduation rates. Learn how Schools That Can is working to ensure all children have access to quality education at http://www.schoolsthatcan.org/

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Education

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• Cory Booker
• Newark schools
• Increase graduation rates
• Education reform
• High performing schools
• Drop out rates
• Competency tests
• Transformative change
• Longer school days
• Schools That Can
• inner-city education
• urban education

[vtwzy]

Looks like somebody's espiring to higher office.

[SchoolsThatCan]

@vtwzy Perhaps! He has a very high approval rating, and he really seems to understand the challenges we're facing nationally in education.

[saasaasaa010101]

@SchoolsThatCan Maybe he do understand the challenges facing education in this nation but not from this speech. It just broad generalities with a lot of hopes....no solutions given.