My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.

Education is the cornerstone of our communities and our country.

And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties - liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade?

The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not. Should education be a marketable commodity? Should healthcare?

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.

An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

As a former recipient of these services I can honestly say that the overwhelming majority of TANF recipients are hard-working Americans who are down on their luck, and just want an opportunity to better their lives and those of their family through work and access to education.

But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.

When women earn the money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income, everyone wins because women dedicate 90% of the income to health, education, to food security, to the children, to the family, or to the community, so when women have an income, everybody wins.