Our approach to education has remained largely unchanged since the Renaissance: From middle school through college, most teaching is done by an instructor lecturing to a room full of students, only some of them paying attention.

The world is noisy and messy. You need to deal with the noise and uncertainty.

As a society, we can and should invest more money in education.

Our approach to education has remained largely unchanged since the Renaissance: From middle school through college, most teaching is done by an instructor lecturing to a room full of students, only some of them paying attention.

Even though there is rampant unemployment in many parts of the world, there are still large numbers of jobs that are going unfilled because employers are having a hard time identifying people with the right set of skills.

There are so many people around the world in need of high-quality education and really starving for education.

Start marching forward, even when into the new and unknown, and don't be deterred by obstacles.