If you peel back the layers of anti-reform rhetoric coming from some in the education establishment, it is clear that Americans continue to support the key principles of NCLB, and rightly so,

Our curriculum has become much more cafeteria-like. In classical times, education was regarded as generally rhetorical. Rhetoric is the unifying force. This is a return to that synthesis of rhetoric and discipline knowledge.

It's really about where we focused for the last 10 or so years. We have approached education reform kind of like it's immunization.

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers.

The truth is, President Bush provides the right rhetoric, but then pursues all the wrong policies.

Without adequate money going into education, you can't reform it,