Senator Edward Kennedy, 1932-2009

ASCD has issued a statement on the passing of Senator Kennedy, remembering him as "a powerful spokesman who used his bully pulpit to expose the gross inequities in both our education and health care systems, reaching across the political divide to forge solutions and effect change for the benefit of innumerable youngsters." A summary of Kennedy's decades-long work on education policy is available on his Senate Web site, detailing his work on countless efforts ranging from early childhood to adult education.

Speaking from Martha's Vineyard, President Obama said that "his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected on millions of lives...on children who know education's promise," and Education Secretary Arne Duncan stated that he "drew inspiration from Senator Kennedy throughout my career, and will miss his voice as a champion of education reform."

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