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Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.

There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.

Every parent wants to see their kids excel.

Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.

There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life.

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.

It's really fun to see young kids trying to find excellence in themselves.

We need to prepare our kids for a 21st Century economy, and we're not doing it with our schools.