Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.

The jobs of the future, as you know so well, are knowledge-based. You need college-educated folks to do this work. And so the consequences for our country are absolutely devastating if we don't start to behave in very different ways.

Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.

Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.

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.