Major Owens

We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom.

In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities, equipment and supplies, that are going to be built into our society, and we are going to spend a lot of money on it.

We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere.

Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.

The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction.