One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

Education is and will be the most powerful tool for individual and social change, and we must do all that it takes to facilitate it.

The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.

You can't have a quality education without a sound financial background. They are getting quality education there. We need to make sure that quality education continues. We don't know what the state Legislature is going to do with the finances, and that will have a huge impact on what we do locally to support those finances.