Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.

Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.

Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher.

In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.

We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet. It's staggering how the Recovery Act is driving change.

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.

To be clear, we the Department of Education want curriculum to be driven by the local level. We are by law prohibited from directing curriculum. We don't have a curriculum department.

The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.

Education is the civil rights issue of our generation.

Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little less blame for America's educational shortcomings.

God has taken you from something in order to get you to something.

More are men's ends marked than their lives before.The setting sun, the music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in remembrance more than things long past.

In cold weather states like Vermont, where the weather can get to 20 below zero, home heating assistance is critically important. In fact, it is a life and death issue.

I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.

I tend to get very nervous before the first races of the year. It takes you a bit of time to get into the season.

Time management is only a set of skills and tools to help us more efficiently control the eventsour our lives.

I'd much rather resign than be pushed.

A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun.

Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety.

Sweets grown common lose their dear delight.