We need to lengthen the school day. We need to lengthen the school year. Our calendar is based upon the agrarian economy. Children in India and China are going to school 25, 30, 35 more days a year. They're just working harder than us. So, we need more time, particularly for disadvantaged children, who aren't getting those supports at home.

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

Schools and districts and unions are working together on some really innovative things.

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.

No one is mandating merit pay.

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.