If this plan is approved, it will make Illinois the national leader (in early learning) hands-down.

This program will do more to promote the state's education and economy than any other investment. Still, there is more to do. We need to make sure teachers are well-educated and we need to make sure classroom sizes stay small.

One of these days, I'm going to stop learning through my errors.

From a squad leader's perspective, the intelligence never helped me accomplish my mission.

They just don't have a lot to work with. They're learning as they go.

Does spending more per student lead to increased learning? That's a difficult one. At many schools, the faculty is being paid for its research abilities, not its teaching skills.