Cory Booker actually said...

"Our failure to support things that work means that our teachers in public schools... have to deal with challenges that they should not have to deal with."

"If we are going to deny the right for Washingtonians to choose their own destiny and design a program, let us do everything within this program to give poor kids choice of quality options."

"So, if Kevin's work was able to address the accreditation issues, which he is addressing, so we have more transparency into what is going on in those schools..."

"I am dedicated to the idea that the American public--public education is a bedrock, fundamental aspect of this country."