As long as I m in public service and as long as I view government s responsibility to our children, there will be nothing that s more important than at least ensuring the access of all Pennsylvania s children to a quality education.
Education is the ultimate tool of personal, social and economic empowerment.
Education is clearly the ticket to take advantage of what we hope will be enormous and varied opportunities for Pennsylvania s children. Education is at the heart of what Pennsylvania s future will be. But for every child who does not have access to a quality education, who is not personally empowered by a quality education, there s very little hope, very little future, very little opportunity. A lot of people discuss the financial divide between those who have and those who have not. More often than not, that financial divide is viewed in economic terms rather than educational terms.