"We have to have some bold changes here and some bold innovations."
"Teaching has a much different level of public support and stature in those countries than what we have had in ours."
"There is not a harder job in the country than being a teacher in an urban or rural school district with children that are living in poverty."
"I simply can't imagine a better person for this job than Jeff Lane."
"I think part of this is going to be solved by all of us kind of getting out of our own way here and creating politics that will allow us to make revolutionary change, not just evolutionary change."
"This is a time for very bold thinking in this country for our school districts, our States, and this country to re-imagine the teaching profession as a 21st century profession because, otherwise, I th..."
"The persistent pay gap between male and female workers is unacceptable."
"These disparities will slow the ability of the economy to recover."
"Correcting these wage disparities is even more important as women have taken a greater role in our economy."
"I am a cosponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act because I believe we need to do more to address gender wage disparity."
"I think there is enormous reform fatigue that goes on in these school districts."