Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

I taught for 17 years in an inner city comprehensive schools.

My parents were marvelously educated people.

I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know?

Farms and food production should be, I submit, at least as important as who pierced their navel in Hollywood this week. Please tell me I'm not the only one who believes this. Please. As a culture, we think we're well educated, but I'm not sure that what we've learned necessarily helps us survive.