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[It's obviously just an unbelievably exciting time to be working in education]
[We have a President that is just absolutely passionate about this,]
[and, it's amazing to me, fighting the toughest economy since the Depression,]
[fighting two wars, day after day, week after week,]
[he just keeps coming back to education, keeps coming back to education.]
[And I was lucky enough to work with him for a long period of time in Chicago,]
[when he was first in the state legislature and then when he became a U.S. Senator,]
[and this is simply a passion of his.]
[So many issues are like an intellectual one.]
[This comes from his head, but it comes from his heart as well.]
[There's always been a theme of these partnerships for 5 years, ]
[and I really appreciate GE's leadership on this, but I think, frankly,]
[that this has nothing to do with money--that in too many places,]
[adult dysfunction hurts children.]
[I think education is a lot like families, that when parents fight, when adults fight,]
[children lose, and money is not going to solve that problem.]
[So, if we can take the money issue off the table, if we can summon the political will, ]
[and if you guys can continue to have those hard conversations]
[and challenge each other, and move outside your comfort zones,]
[and build the kind of collaborative leadership that is the focus of this conference,]
[I think we have a chance to transform education in this country.]
[It's a remarkable, remarkable time,]
