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?

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

I want to be a children’s hero… Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future.

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

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.

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

When you see a great teacher, you are seeing a work of art.