Such schemes take money from people who can least afford to spend it to support an unneeded bureaucracy that eats money people thought they were providing for education.

Let people have an education and you can't stop them.

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.

I did get a degree in special education.

Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform, or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value.

The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.

I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and children's issues and literacy.

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.