Education

 President Obama: "The most humbling part of my job is serving is serving as Commander in Chief of the world's finest military. And there's nothing I take more seriously than my responsibility to those who sacrifice their own safety to defend ours. That's why Michelle and I have made supporting veterans and military families a top priority from the start."

On June 6th 2011 Texas State Senator Wendy Davis came to the Capitol Rotunda to speak to Texas teachers protesting the underfunding of education in Texas over the next two years. Her message: votes matter, elections matter.

President Obama reads Maurice Sendak's classic "Where the Wild Things Are" at the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll.

While watching this video it dawned on me that a line from this book, "staring into all their yellow eyes without blinking once," is how President Obama deals with the Republican obstrctionists in Congress.

Rest In Peace Maurice Sendak.

DGA Chair Governor Martin O'Malley on CBS's "Face the Nation." February 26, 2012.

Democratic governors are getting the job done.

The Texas Freedom Network today released the following statement in response to an erroneous claim by Gov. Rick Perry about creationism in Texas public schools. Answering a young boy’s question while campaigning Thursday in New Hampshire, Gov. Perry said, "in Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."

From TFN President Kathy Miller:

"Gov. Perry has once again waded into the culture wars for political gain, but without considering the harmful consequences. It is irresponsible for the leader of a state, or a presidential hopeful, to suggest to public school teachers that it is OK to teach creationism as science when such attempts have repeatedly been ruled unconstitutional by the courts, and could result in litigation against a school district. And it is outrageous that Gov. Perry would erode respect for and trust in public education in Texas, simply in order to promote his political aspirations. Texans and Texas schools are working to prepare our children for college and 21st-century jobs. Gov. Perry’s irresponsible comments wrongly suggest otherwise."

Rick Perry continues to invent his own narrative about his record as Governor. It's a story that puts him on a collision course with the truth. The Texas Democratic Party is here to set the record straight on Perry's catastrophic tenure as governor.

Gov. Martin O'Malley, Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, and Gov. Bev Perdue, Vice Chair, answer a question about education cuts.

May 7, 2011 brought community activists to Independence Park to rally for education in Fort Bend. Congressman Al Green of TX-9 gave another barn burner of a speech showing is support for teachers and education.

In a pointed Op-Ed in Sunday's New York Times, Nobel Prize winning Economist Paul Krugman looks at Texas' financial deficit and the children who will suffer as a result of Republican politician's malfeasence:

At the state and local level, however, there’s no doubt about it: big spending cuts are coming.

And who will bear the brunt of these cuts? America’s children....

And in low-tax, low-spending Texas, the kids are not all right. The high school graduation rate, at just 61.3 percent, puts Texas 43rd out of 50 in state rankings. Nationally, the state ranks fifth in child poverty; it leads in the percentage of children without health insurance. And only 78 percent of Texas children are in excellent or very good health, significantly below the national average....

Anyway, the next time some self-proclaimed deficit hawk tells you how much he worries about the debt we’re leaving our children, remember what’s happening in Texas, a state whose slogan right now might as well be “Lose the future.”