What we know is the workplace is more demanding than ever before.

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.

My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side.

In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment as is required in the statute.

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

Not chasing success, I want to focus on my process. If I do that, eventually everything gets sorted out.

I cannot think of any venture I have initiated where an earlier failure wasn't an important precursor to an eventual success.