The crux of success or failure is to know which core values to hold on to, and which to discard and replace when times change.

The illiterate of the 21st Century are not those that cannot read or write, but those that cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

I’m calling on our nation’s governors and state education chiefs to develop standards and assessments that don’t simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking and entrepreneurship and creativity.