dr. rod paige. at an amazing life listening carefully you will have a glimpse of why dash excited to have dr. rod paige present to you today. has a son of a librarian teeeight i thought this is the longest introductory in the history of man. a school principal, library and that produces a doctor. does that not speak to the power and necessity of education? he rose from segregated small-town mississippi all the way to the united states department of education. as secretary he championed student achievement and employed best of breed solutions to raise standards of educational excellence. . . urged his reputation to seek out innovative approaches from when he was the dean at the college of education at texas southern university. there he established student for excellence in urban education it and also has a knack for inclusive leadership. as a school board trustee then superintendent of the houston independent school district that was the seventh largest in all of the united states. appointed superint

dr. paige resides in houston because he couldn't find a house in charleston, south carolina. not so funny. with his wife, stephanie allens paige. please help me welcome dr. rod paige. [applause] >> thank you, senator. thank you so much for that warm welcome. but he left out part of my history so i have to share that with you to begin with. i was also a football coach. jackson state university of cincinnati and then again at texas southern. it was at texas southern where i learned humility. we were playing one game and at that time we had the largest crowd, third largest crowd ever at the dome. i think the largest crowd was sandy koufax pitching performance and then a billy graham event and the next was a texas southern university football game. and this is the game where i learned humility. at the end of the game, the scoreboard had our scores on the wrong side of the scoreboard. you didn't get that. they had the biggest score, we had the smallest one. so i felt really bad about that. i was a little dejected. and i as walked out of the stadium, i knocked a little old lady's purse on the floor. and so as a gentleman, i picked up her purse and i said, excuse m

dr. paige resides in houston because he couldn't find a house in charleston, south carolina. not so funny. with his wife, stephanie allens paige. please help me welcome dr. rod paige. [ applause ] >> thank you, senator. thank you so much for that warm welcome. but he left out part of my history so i have to share that with you to begin with. i was also a football coach. jackson state university of cincinnati and then again at texas southern. it was at texas southern where i learned humility. we were playing one game and at that time we had the largest crowd, third largest crowd ever at the dome. i think the largest crowd was sandy koufax pitching performance and then a billy graham event and the next was a texas southern university football game. and this is the game where i learned humility. at the end of the game the scoreboard had our scores on the wrong side of the scoreboard. you didn't get that. they had the biggest score, we had the smallest one. so i felt really bad about that. i was a little dejected. and i as walked out of the stadium, i knocked a little old lady's purse on the floor. and so as a gentleman, i picked up her purse and i said, excuse

rod paige. he talks about universal school choice and the need to tie choice to economic reform. his remarks run about 35 minutes. >> well, let me start my introductory remarks about dr. rod paige. what an amazing life. if you listen carefully you'll at least have a glimpse of why i'm excited about having dr. paige present to you today. the son of a school principal and librarian, dr. paige. now, this is going to be the longest introduction in the history of man. i want you to know three things. a school principal a librarian that produces a doctor, does that not speak to the power and the necessity of education. he rose from humble roots in segregated smalltown mississippi all the way to the united states department of education. as secretary of that department paige championed student achievement and employed best of breed solutions to raise standards of educational excellence. dr. paige forged his reputation for seeking out and putting in place innovative approaches to systemic academic improvement when he was the dean of the college of education at texas southern university. at tsu he established a universal center for excellence in urban education. he's also bee

rod paige. he outlined a proposal for universal school choice. he also talked about the importance of technology in education. this is 30 minutes. the son of a school principal and librarian, dr. paige -- there's three things. a school principal, a librarian that produces a doctor. does that not speak to the power and necessity of education? he rose from humble roots in segregated small-town mississippi, all the way to the united states department of education. as secretary of that department, he championed a student achievement and employed best-of-breed solutions to raise standards of educational excellence. he forced his reputation that forced his repetition for putting in place innovative approaches to systemic academic improvement when he was a dean of the college of education at texas southern university. he established a university center for excellence in urban education. he has also been known to have a knack for inclusive leadership. as a school board trustee and then as superintendent of the houston independent school district. that school district was the seventh largest school district in all of the united states. he was appointed superintendent in 1994 and he wa