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

Education is the civil rights issue of our generation.

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

The factory model of education is the wrong model for the 21st century. Today, our schools must prepare all students for college and careers-and do far more to personalize instruction and employ the smart use of technology.

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

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.

What you see around the world is that poverty is not destiny. In other countries, much more systemically, student after student, school after school, year after year, educate poor and disadvantaged young people. And, so, anyone who says that you can't overcome these battles is a huge part of the problem.