Quote

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

I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?

There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.

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.

It just felt like the right thing to do to give back to a state school and public school. I'm a really big fan of public education.

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

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.

Every parent wants to do what's best for their child. Whatever I can afford, I'm going to get my kid the best education I can get.

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood.

Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.