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I want to see us add more dollars to the classroom.

I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms.

As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden.

In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.

We need to increase education budgets.

Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy.

I don't think the schools are getting as much money as they should.

Every dollar spent on education should go toward helping our teachers teach and our students learn.

Money buys the most experienced teachers, less-crowded classrooms, high-quality teaching materials, and after-school programs.