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

One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was like what do you mean he's not real. And she thought I was crying because it’s like Santa Claus is not real and I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us.

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

Over the past five years, I've met several presidents, several secretaries of education ... and there is no plan. If you want to save your children, you're going to have to do it yourself. It's just us.

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.

An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.

The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of access and affordability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods, and to the marketing efforts of soda companies themselves.