Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more.

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching kids what counts is best

Have you noticed that even the busiest people are never too busy to take time to tell you how busy they are?

It's not a major career path for these teachers. They're doing it because they want to.

I've talked to several people who are close to that — being teachers — and I get different answers to that question. I don't think I've formulated an opinion on what would be best for the school district. What I want to do is dig into it, find out the pros and cons on each system and make an informed decision about what's best for all the stakeholders.

Education needs to be a national priority, particularly getting class sizes down and hiring more teachers and helping with school construction, ... He's been emphasizing the importance of a patient's bill of rights for those people who get their health care from an HMO (health maintenance organization) and a prescription medication benefit. These are not ideas that just were sprung on in the last few days.