If the kids came to me and said, 'I want to take a book home,' that's heaven to me.

This is less about Republican versus Democrat - there isn't a partisan way to collect the garbage, ... the national level where ideology is more of an issue.

This is tremendously disappointing, ... The reason they were prohibited from offering supplemental education is because they've demonstrated failure. So now they're going to somehow magically be really excellent in tutoring? Explain that to me. On what possible educational grounds should they be given a waiver?

Science education is the foundation of our global economy, yet it has been treated with second-class status for decades.

You have to know what you're starting with, ... Four years into this administration and we don't know.

Chancellor Klein is the most responsive person in government I've ever dealt with. Within minutes he responds, at all hours in the night and early in the morning or late at night.

It all adds up. If you're talking about a $1 difference and you're talking about a million books, that's a million dollars.

In New York City, science is treated like a second-class subject.

If the state and city departments of education can't avoid forcing kids to take four standardized tests a year because they can't align their calendars, they shouldn't be in the business of public education.