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I look back and see the kids who made it through school - it made a huge difference in their lives, which made me believe in the power of public education and what it can do for individuals and communities and the state.

I hate the fact that public schools like the one I went to have fantastic sports facilities, and state schools don't. That's not fair. That's outrageous.

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation.

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers.

I went to big, broken, under-resourced public schools, but we had a real sense of community, because those were days in the '50s and the '60s when every child was under the jurisdiction of every single adult on the block.

I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.

Having got the best of education myself, I firmly believe it is my personal obligation to give back to the community.

Public schooling fosters our common identity as Americans sharing a land of diversity. It promotes the American ideal of opportunity for all, not just some. It cultivates the civic values of respecting individuals as well as collective responsibility.