Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

I'm a compassionate conservative.

And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

I care about the children of Detroit.

As you look around the country there are still a significant number of states where their whole school debate is over school funding and we've been focused on the quality debate for most of the '90s.

Manufacturers account for nearly 60 percent of all industrial research and development.