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The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

Education is hanging around until you've caught on.

You look at Gov. Bush's education proposals -- he wants a big role for the federal government. My education policies are rooted in parents, communities and teachers.

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and it's knowing how to use the information you get.

There were many tie votes in the Texas House in 2005 on critical education bills, so a new Austin legislator could be the tiebreaker. We need a lawmaker who will consistently be on the side of public school parents and PTA leaders. Austin's new leader should have the courage to stand with parents and not succumb to pressure by power brokers promoting ideological education agendas.