You have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching.

I need to stress that I could not be more supportive of great teachers and great teaching, no matter what kind of delivery vehicle they are teaching through. We have to support great teachers. They just have to be freed up to do what they do best.

Teaching is hard. It takes a lot of skill. Not everyone who tries can do it well. We need to admit that and act accordingly. We should reward and respect great teachers by paying them more, and we should stop rewarding seniority over effectiveness.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

Great teachers are the ones who inspire you.

The faculty, from adjunct professors to deans, tell you what to do, what to say, and more ominously, what to think.