Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.

Education is the best economic policy there is.

Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.

My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her children's education.