Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.

You have to be prepared to think outside the box...Stand back and think about what we could do creativity. We've got to do that to push the field forward.

Why is it that when we had rotary phones, when we were having folks being crippled by polio, that we were teaching the same way then that we're doing right now?

Let's stop teaching to the middle and start teaching to the student.

There is an educational cliff we are walking over right this very second.

When the safety of America is threatened, we will spend any amount of money. The real safety of our nation is preparing this next generation so that they can take our place [in] thinking and technology and democracy.

It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only your faith in God will get you through.