Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
I don't know if I'm a national education figure.
I used to be a conservative.
I think the voters can make up their own minds.
Sixty-five countries doing nothing is not a coalition. We need a strategy. That's the first and foremost thing that we need.
I'd say my greatest weakness is impatience. I don't suffer fools well.