States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students.

Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.

Young people know how important it is for dads to be involved in their lives. As I travel the country and talk with students, some of them tell me that their lives would be totally different if their father was around.

Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher.

I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.

We have had this massive effort on K-12 reform, raising standards, great teachers, great principals, turning around chronically failing schools, raising the bar, huge amount of progress. Let's continue that.

A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America.