“If we freed up all the money in the certification process, think about how much more money we'd have to put into teacher salaries.”

“Countries have largely been left alone to handle or ignore their educational problems as they see fit. In part, this was because we assumed that the contexts and challenges were so different from nation to nation that education could not be tackled at the international level.”

“If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.”

“We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.”

“The lack of diversity in higher education is a problem we as a country must tackle if we're going to live up to our promise.”

“In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.”

“A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.”

“All around the world, we send our top talent into finance, technology, medicine and law - everywhere but towards expanding opportunity for our most marginalized children.”

“School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.”

“The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.”

“If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.”