Nobody gets any guarantees.

Believe me, I'm not going to try to get into testing.

I care about the children of Detroit.

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.

Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.

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.

Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards.