The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

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.

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

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.

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase

I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up.

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.

Excesses are essentially gestures. It is easy to be extremely cruel, magnanimous, humble or self-sacrificing when we see ourselves as actors in a performance.

I don't know the fitness that Donald Trump possesses to be commenting on other people's heroism. The most lethal foe that he is ever faced in his own life, I think was Rosie O'Donnell.

I don't recommend being a bachelor, but it helps if you want to write.

I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

I figure I write for people who are intelligent enough to do some labor. Lazy readers are not my ideal readers.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.