ASCD Statement on the Passing of Senator Edward Kennedy
Statement from Gene R. Carter, Executive Director, ASCD
August 26, 2009
America’s students and educators have lost a great champion with the passing of Senator Edward Kennedy. Although universal health care may have been the "cause of his life," promoting a quality public education for all children may be his most enduring legacy. Expanded access to early childhood education, the narrowing of the K–12 achievement gap, and more affordable higher education opportunities are all testaments to his boundless passion and unrivaled effectiveness as a United States senator of historic stature.
Kennedy was 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.
The 175,000 educator members of ASCD acknowledge Sen. Kennedy’s never-ending commitment to improving the lives of children and take solace in his vow that "the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Contact Information
- Barbara Michelman, communications director, at 1-703-575-5764 or by e-mail
- David Griffith, policy director, at 1-703-575-5621 or by e-mail