It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated.

Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.

In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities, equipment and supplies, that are going to be built into our society, and we are going to spend a lot of money on it.

We have to start with a ban on the manufacturing and import of handguns. From there we register the guns which are currently owned, and follow that with additional bans and acquisitions of handguns and rifles with no sporting purpose.

Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do.