Despite the characterization of some that teaching is an easy job, with short hours and summers off, the fact is that successful, dedicated teachers in the U.S. work long hours for little pay and, in many cases, insufficient support from their leadership.

The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.

Better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives.

You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.

Money doesn't drive me in the slightest.

With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.

I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly.

That was the big secret. Walt would do things over and over again, with no regard to money, to get things perfect.