Good people can disagree, as Dr. King said, I'll paraphrase, 'wait almost always means never.' It's always the right tim...
As Dr. King said -- I will paraphrase -- wait almost always means never. It's always the right time to try to do the rig...
At the end of the day, the only people we can count on are ourselves, the voters of California.
At the end of the day, though, it's also the 55th anniversary of Brown versus the Board of Education. Separate is not eq...
That is a significant amount of resources to be made available to those who struggle most financially.
President Obama's proposal to transfer $94 billion in lender subsidies to students merits your support.
I always thought it was too expensive, and I was always stunned every year when George Bush's budget said, well, you kno...
I do think that we have an enormous responsibility to make sure that the bottom line for this is what loan program or pr...
In short, the status quo has become impossible to defend. Students and families are not being served as well as they cou...
this investment we make in education probably returns more than any other investment that we make.
I think this proposal sets the bar high. It yields astonishing savings that will help students, makes the most sense for...
the idea that somehow we would then dismantle the program... is a credible position that the nation would be well served...
the Pell Grant program is strong, and will be there for them in four to six years when they're ready to go.
Putting the Pell Grant program on a strong and predictable financial footing does take considerable resources.
Reliable access to student loans is important not just for our students and their families, but also for our entire econ...
The meltdown in our economy has made a growing college affordability crisis worse for American families.
I look at it as making America stronger.
I very much doubt that the totality of the proposed legislative changes with respect to student aid will substantially f...