The reality for many Muslim students in public schools is very difficult. It's highly stressful.

That's the reality. If we say it's not our problem, then we're saying that it's not our problem that people misuse and abuse Islam.

Our history is not a history of the marginalization and exclusion of women. Our history is a history of the empowerment of women. We're not trying to invent something new. We're trying to pick up where we left off.

Schools like Grove City, Brigham Young, and Hillsdale are some of our more popular schools. Their students are usually of very high caliber.

We have been contacted by several member schools that already have enrolled students from Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi displaced by the storm,

We have two schools with high numbers of disadvantages students. Now, the state mandates a 22-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio in the classroom, but what we do right now is have a 19-to-1 student ratio from pre-kindergarten to third grade at those (economically disadvantaged) campuses. The third grade is when they start TAKS and reading. We want to make sure we have those kids prepared for their future. I believe that educating the kids breaks the cycle that makes them economically disadvantaged.