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I Worry When Athletes Are Simply Used By Their Universities To Produce Revenue, To Make Money For Them, Nothing To Show At The Back End. I Grew Up With A Lot Of Players Who Had Very, Very Tough Lives After The Ball Started Bouncing For Them. And That's Why I'm Going To Continue To Fight.

Money Is Not The Reason That People Enter Teaching.

The Factory Model Of Education Is The Wrong Model For The 21st Century. Today, Our Schools Must Prepare All Students For College And Careers-and Do Far More To Personalize Instruction And Employ The Smart Use Of Technology.

My Vision Is That Schools Need To Be Community Centers. Schools Need To Be Open 12, 13, 14 Hours A Day Six, Seven Days A Week, 12 Months Out Of The Year, With A Whole Host Of Activities, Particularly In Disadvantaged Communities.

If The Goal Is To Dramatically Improve College Completion Rates, Not College-going Rates By Itself But College Completion, It's Not Just A College Problem. We Need A Big Focus On Early Childhood Education. Our Early Childhood Education System Is Pretty Good In This Country. Not Enough Students Have Opportunity. And, Very Discouragingly, They Lose Their Advantage Because They Go To Poor Schools After That. So, Let's Focus On Our Babies.