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?

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.

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

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

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.

Osama Bin Laden is not going to come here and destroy America. Our education system is doing that just fine.

Build an organization that can tackle the tough things and keep moving.