Roy Romer Quotations

Let's take flight simulation as an example. If you're trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You don't have to get in an airplane until late in the process.

But even if I were not term-limited, I would say I need to move on anyhow, ... There is a certain freshness you need as governor and none of us need to be growing stale in office.

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,

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,

We've done a remarkable job in a short amount of time, and I think they appreciated that. But there is a lot of work left to do. This isn't a miracle cure.

This nation has been drifting back in comparison with the rest of the world for the last 20 years in education.

With lab courses, we may be able to simulate a lot of that and reduce costs.

We didn't just do well, we did well against history and against dollars.

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.

They neglected building any high schools here for 30 years,

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.

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?

I know this man, I've known him for 15 years, he's my friend. I believe him. He's categorically denied it,

I know that creek well, ... It just catches your breath when you see that amount of damage.

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,

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.

I think the American people were saying we do not want to have further investigation. We want to close this off. They clearly made a separation between the personal conduct .. They want Congress to wrap it up, get it behind them, so we can get on to the issues that the president has been working with Congress.

You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing.

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.

Productivity is going to be a critical issue. And it's not just about getting more time for professors in the classroom. It involves reexamining the learning experience and restructuring faculty and the use of faculty time.

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.

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.

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.

But in the free market system, you're forced to change.

I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I think the big force is going to be consumer buying power.

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.