The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now.

When schools flourish, all flourishes

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

We had 500 students attending workshops from 20 middle school and high schools throughout the Arizona to learn about the business and get experience working with professionals.

This could sap thousands of dollars from schools that are already financially strapped to provide education to children. Obviously, we wouldn't want that to happen. We want to protect our partners so we are moving them to other, private organizations.

There's a whole series of students across the state for whom higher education isn't even on the radar screen. This will make it affordable.