It was kind of on a dare. If the food wasn't good, they were just going to leave.

They're going to have research-based principles, model programs to learn from. They're going to learn from one another. The Escondido district is going to be part of the larger PROMISE family.

If the mother of small children was sick, they would stay overnight and take care of the children.

In a lot of places, there's things that work, but we also know that a lot of things don't work because of the achievement gap that exists.

There will emerge some promising practices and recommendations that will be a model for all schools. ... It's going to be raising the bar for all students.

Food stamps are an investment in our future.