Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.
Our nation's commitment is to provide a quality education to every child to serve the public common good. Accordingly, we must shift the paradigm to think of education funding as investments made in individual children, not in institutions or buildings.
Education broadens our horizons and enables us to confront realities we'd never before anticipated.
It is not fair to think that when students transit through a K-12 system that is not preparing them for beyond, that somehow we are going to wave a magic wand and things are going to be perfect for them at the higher-ed level.
They say that if you voted for Donald Trump, you're a threat to the university community. But the real threat is silencing the First Amendment rights of people with whom you disagree.
Teaching is hard. It takes a lot of skill. Not everyone who tries can do it well. We need to admit that and act accordingly. We should reward and respect great teachers by paying them more, and we should stop rewarding seniority over effectiveness.
Opening a complaint for investigation in no way implies that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made a determination about the merits of the complaint.
HBCUs are real pioneers when it comes to school choice. They are living proof that when more options are provided to students, they are afforded greater access and greater quality.
Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions.
Social justice and economics are both issues to me.
Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.
Every child deserves to attend school in a safe, supportive environment where they can learn, thrive, and grow.
I support accountability.
I consider protecting all students, including LGBTQ students, not only a key priority for the Department, but for every school in America.
The faculty, from adjunct professors to deans, tell you what to do, what to say, and more ominously, what to think.
Homeschooling represents another perfectly valid educational option.
I can assure you I have never made decisions on my mother's behalf on her foundation's board.
It is necessary and critical for states to have flexibility to determine how to identify and improve schools.
When governors such as John Engler, Mike Huckabee, and Mike Pence were driving the conversation on voluntary high standards driven by local voices, it all made sense.
There isn't really any Common Core any more. Each state is able to set the standards for their state. They may elect to adopt very high standards for their students to aspire to and to work toward. And that will be up to each state.
