Todd Russell Platts: “And I think it is the political will of us as a nation, especially at the early stages and where we are failing so many…”

I think our commitment needs to be to public education.

My concern is that the president's budget proposal is trying to reinvent the wheel at the expense of proven and critically needed Perkins programs.

Access to affordable, quality education--basic education and higher education--is key to us remaining that land of opportunity

A key to our success was having an educated citizenry if we were to be an effective democracy.