Mcconnell in a bad position because theyre going to have to fracture their confidence. This is what happens in washington. Its finding something that ewan fies your side and defies the other. The House Republicans felt good about this plan. Building stronger communities through schools. Thats a hard panel to follow from the first one i have to say. That was an amazing panel and we heard great information. And we will do the same here. By name is robert and im the president and ceo of the Freeman Foundation for educational choice. Were honored to be here with senator scott. Im excited about the panel for three reasons today. One, it features representatives from every sector of k 12 education. Public, private and charter. Two, its going to focus on the transformtive power of Educational Options at the Community Level for individuals and the community. And three, frankly, its a panel full of gift eded people who have been there and done that. People who worked in communities and made rea
Superintendent of the year by the American Association of school administrators. Following his time as secretary of education, dr. Paige served as a Public Policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars. In 2006 he authored the war against home. And in 2010, he published a black white achievement gap, why clothing it is the greatest civil rights issue of our time. Dr. Paige is the eldest of five siblings and has a son and a daughter. Dr. Paige resides in houston because he couldnt find a house in charleston, south carolina. Not so funny. With his wife, stephanie allens paige. Please help me welcome dr. Rod paige. [applause] thank you, senator. Thank you so much for that warm welcome. But he left out part of my history so i have to share that with you to begin with. I was also a football coach. Jackson State University of cincinnati and then again at Texas Southern. It was at Texas Southern where i learned humility. We were playing one game and at that time we had