Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.

I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom is the place to start. Great teaching is about so much more than education; it is a daily fight for social justice.

Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They're not really ready for college. That's not higher education's fault. That's our fault K-12.

There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.

The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.

Other countries haves passed us by. They're outworking us. They're outcompeting us. We have got to wake up and we have got to start moving.

In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.