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I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.

I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.

If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated.

It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

You don't need a city charter to know that education is the foundation of any community.

What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'

It's hard to improve public education - that's clear.

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.