Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions.

Government tends to stifle innovation, and it abhors improvisation. Any good military strategist will tell you that a battle plan rarely survives past the first engagement. After that, you have to improvise to survive and to win.

Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.

Let me say, I fully embrace equality, and I believe in the innate value of every single human being and that all students, no matter their age, should be able to attend a school and feel safe and be free of discrimination.

Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.

The bottom line is we believe that parents are the best equipped to make choices for their children's schooling and education decisions.