“People are passionate on both sides of the issue. Between lobbyists and science professors, I had to take a crash course to get up to speed on things.”
“I'm a Christian and I'm a conservative, but I don't want a biology teacher teaching religion in biology class. Do I think there's a place for it? Absolutely, but not in a science classroom. I'm very uncomfortable about where this could lead.”
“We're losing teachers to Atlanta who can move there and get a $10,000 signing bonus. We're in a global market now and we have to figure out ways to compete.”
