If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.

Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past.

This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.

Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.