I didn't get interested in education until I had kids.

I had a moment where I left journalism, and I started getting interested in this issue and writing about it, where I felt there was a right side and a wrong side around a lot of these issues relating to education.

It comes down to what your priorities are, and if public education is about kids, then every decision we make should be focused on the question of 'Is this good for a child?' And that should be the driving focus and the priority when we decide what our policies should be and what our laws should be.

How could it come down to that? Kids have to get their education. They have to go to school.

I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?

I'm interested in full disclosure for people who give money to politicians. But I'm not a politician. I'm an advocate.