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As the son of a union activist and a lifelong Democrat, I've always thought that privatizing our public schools is not the answer. We must strengthen public schools.

School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged.

Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.

Making people's lives better is not a partisan issue.

Education is not Democrat versus Republican. It's about doing the right things for the right reason for our kids.

I'm excited about seeing a bipartisan plan to reform education in the United States. The only other option is to protect the status quo and I really don't think anybody wants to do that.

And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.

Partisan politics has no place in the classroom.

I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system.

Keeping children alive and free of disease is not a political issue and cannot be put into a partisan box.