Don't try too hard to be young. Be who you are.

We can't want an education for kids more than they want it for themselves.

One of the best indicators of student achievement is the academic success of the mother in the home.

What's interesting is that I get messages from people who think I'm gone. I have messages like "Tony, we're so sorry. We loved you!"

We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you kids. It's all about you kids.

The great thing about getting married young like I did and having a child so young is that he gets to know all the relatives. He knew his great-grandmother, and we sat down together and tied down the stories of our uncles and aunts.

Poverty can't be an excuse for bad teaching, but teaching can't be the only thing we do to combat poverty.