I believe all our students need positive role models, and especially minority students.

I'd really like to see them succeed, but I think it would be a good idea to counsel them on their willingness to open.

I feel like this is getting ahead of what we need.

I think this plan is really exciting. It really makes the high school diploma more than just getting out of school.

It was a decision forced by the minority. But we didn't want to exclude any students, no matter how few.

I'm extremely pleased with the progress that our minority students are making, ... They are outstripping the gains made across the United States by a greater margin than even our student population as a whole. That bodes well for our state.