The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.

But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'

Before Barack Obama took office, it looked like that pride could have vanished forever, but today, from the staggering depths of the Great Recession, the nation has had 29 straight months of job growth. Workers across my state and across the country are getting back the dignity of a good job and a good salary.

It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go.