I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.

I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.

Education is the civil rights issue of our generation.

If children are hungry, they need to be fed. It's hard to learn if your stomach is growling. We need to take that on. If students can't see the blackboard, need eyeglasses, we need to do that. If students need a social worker or counselor to work through the challenges they're facing at home in the community, we need to do that.

Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.

Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology and A.P. physics and marine biology.

To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000 and potential earnings of as much as $150,000.