The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.

Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.

No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.

In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.