Favorite Excerpt from the State of the Union:

"Let’s remember that, after parents, the biggest impact on a child’s success comes from the man or woman at the front of the classroom. In South Korea, teachers are known as ‘nation builders.’ Here in America, it’s time we treated the people who educate our children with the same level of respect. We want to reward good teachers and stop making excuses for bad ones. And, over the next 10 years, with so many Baby Boomers retiring from classrooms, we want to prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science and technology and engineering and math.”

- President Barack Obama