But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

You can't have a quality education without a sound financial background. They are getting quality education there. We need to make sure that quality education continues. We don't know what the state Legislature is going to do with the finances, and that will have a huge impact on what we do locally to support those finances.

The board has to make sure that the education in Collin County is affordable, available and of high quality.