No One Is Mandating Merit Pay.

What You See Around The World Is That Poverty Is Not Destiny. In Other Countries, Much More Systemically, Student After Student, School After School, Year After Year, Educate Poor And Disadvantaged Young People. And, So, Anyone Who Says That You Can't Overcome These Battles Is A Huge Part Of The Problem.

Education Is The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Generation.

I'm Just Absolutely Convinced We Have To Educate Our Way To A Better Economy. That's The Only Way We're Going To Get There. This Is The Best Long-term Investment We Can Make. And So I Think It's My Job To Be The Truth-teller.

About Two-thirds Of Bachelor's Degree Holders Borrow To Go To School, And On Average They're Graduating With More Than $26,000 In Debt.

Schools And Districts And Unions Are Working Together On Some Really Innovative Things.