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

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.

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.

The world is full of 'friends' of suicide victims thinking 'if I had only made that drive over there, I could have done something.

Women worry about the things that men forget

Don’t let your mood or happiness be dictated by the judgement of others but stay true to that you believe in because you’re the architect of your own happiness.

Hollywood - an emotional Detroit.

Everybody tells me that I never look as if I'm suffering. But, when I watch videotapes of a race, I always remember the pain I had to endure.

I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold.

Looks are deceiving," Risa says. "After all, when I first saw you I thought you looked reasonably intelligent.

it is the possibilities which are the most terrible things in life.

I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.

If I didn't want to work for a couple of years I wouldn't have to - it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it.