I know all the problems of the schools. They're rigid, they're bureaucratic, they've got a lot of problems. But it's such an important institution, and holds such promise.

I'm really not a partisan political person. I remember when I was in Washington they kept trying to get me to say whether I was a Republican or a Democrat. I just said, my politics are children. That's all I know anything about.

I teach child development and social policy as an undergraduate course, and I tell my students, "Look, on any of these issues, if you don't want to work on it for thirty years, don't start."

So there's much more to life than one's intelligence score. To be a decent human being. To have some character.

A kid's emotions and personality are just as important as I.Q.

The best indicator of quality day care is the kid wants to go there, and doesn't want to go home.

I study children, and they're my subjects in my studies. They're my colleagues, really, all these little kids. And I owe them.