I went to public schools, and while Gary was, like most American cities, racially segregated, it was at least socially integrated - a cross section of children from families of all walks of life.

Encourage public schools to teach American children how to code just after they learn to multiply.

In public schools, classes are bloated - it's ridiculous.

We're not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment.