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Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.

Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability.

I'm a big proponent of accountability.

I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility.

Education begins at home. You can't blame the school for not putting into your child what you don't put into him.

Education isn't part of my agenda, it is my agenda.

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

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

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

I challenge the leaders of public education to stop issuing mandates from the state office and to focus on empowering schools and delivering resources to the school level.