Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.

Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nation's standing worldwide... and our teachers know that.

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

We invite you to help career and technical education students and their teachers celebrate Career and Education Week. The highlight of the week is the 13th Annual Career Ed Expo.

I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models.

This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to date - funded our promises for port security at only $900 million. That's quite a distance between what we say and what we actually do.