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Not graduating high school on time leads to fewer chances of attending college and obtaining good paying jobs, and creates instead higher chances of incarceration and unemployment.

You save money so your kids can go to college - no matter what they are or who they are. They're your kids; you gotta support them.

When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.

We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career.

If you wait until your children are high school seniors to spring it on them that there's not a whole lot of money for school, they won't have too many options.

When it comes to sending my children to college, I want the best education. It's the only thing I'm really leaving them - a good education.

It's just become such a business, getting into college. I see that a lot in my friends, their parents were so on top of them about getting into an Ivy League school since they were so young, they were just drilled and drilled and drilled, to the point that they just don't know why they want to go.

Our goal here in New York is to ensure that every child who graduates high school is ready to start a career or start college and to dramatically increase the number of students that graduate from college.

Yes, your kids should go to school. No, you shouldn't bankroll their degree whatever the cost. You've spent your life creating a sound financial plan; don't upend it by suspending your retirement savings or taking out a home equity line of credit to pay for a pricey college.

The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.