NANCY BENAC, Associated Press

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama knows his plan for a national program to provide two years of free community college is going nowhere in Congress.

So he’s in Michigan to try to start a national movement in support of the idea of free community college.

Obama says “it’s an idea that makes sense.”

The president teamed up with Jill Biden, the wife of the vice president, for a visit to Macomb Community College in Warren to underscore the importance of free access to community colleges.

Obama says “no kid should be priced out of an education.” He says education is the “secret sauce” that explains the nation’s success.

The president also says he’s “a little freaked out” that his older daughter, Malia, just started her senior year in high school.