Lots going on this week with Arne Duncan and Purdue President Mitch Daniels meeting with CEOs at the Business Roundtables the last few days.  Secretary Duncan wants more chief executives to throw themselves into advocating for more preschool funding, more STEM programs and, of course, the Common Core academic standards.  Putting education back into the political agenda is a good thing, and often seems to rise up during election time, so it is nice to see it during the middle of a Presidency.

The approach by Mr. Duncan bring me to a quote by Henry Ford II.

We can’t take a slipshod and easygoing attitude toward education in this country.  And by “we” I don’t mean”somebody else,” but I mean me and I mean you.  It is the future of our country-yours and mine-which is at stake.

We have to change the attitude of decision makers in government, in business leaders, in  social services and in the general public’s eye.  As Solution Tree President Ed Ackerman often reminds us,

“Some Guy doesn’t work here, so all of us better focus on how to fix this issue.”

Educating our youth is everyone’s role, and that is why we do it here at Solution Tree.