What we see from our state university system is no growth. It has remained static over time.

God created heavens and the earth ... but my personal belief has no bearing on what should be taught in the schools.

[As commissioner, Yecke was a big supporter of the No Child Left Behind law, which requires schools to test students every year and slaps penalties on schools where students don't meet test score goals.] Right now, I don't see any resistance [to No Child Left Behind], ... I see acceptance. Implementation is taking place. Perhaps [educators] had once seen it as threatening, but once everything was in place, they found they could rise to the challenge.

We would prefer that students in the earliest grades have the benefits of a smaller class taught by a qualified teacher, and we are striving to make this happen.

Sad to say, with few exceptions, the circling vultures are left-leaning women.

This would change high school as we know it. It lets students have more choice. It lets them play to their strengths.