Quotes About Reform

Schools should take an active part in directing social change, and share in the construction of a new social order

Education is too important to be left solely to educators.

Every single progressive education fad of the past thirty years has hurt poor black children.

Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.

Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education.

I think that one thing that people are missing is that we are never going to be able to fix this country's [American] economy in the long run until we fix our public education system.

Personally I do not resort to force - not even the force of law - to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all the influence of example - of fashion.

I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.

The problem with our education system is not that parents do not have a choice. The problem is that inequities continue to exist.

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.

It's hard to improve public education - that's clear.

How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring that millions will end up in prison?

I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools.

The world has changed, but education has not changed with it.

The inner cities, education is almost worthless, it's horrible. We're going to have Common Core ended.

The for-profit education industry has proven equal to the task.

I have realized why corrupt politicians do nothing to improve the quality of public school education. They are terrified of educated voters.

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.

We need a revolution instead of a technology evolution.

Slavery didn't end in 1865; it just evolved.

What typically happens in government is the exact opposite of how things should work.

I will never support amnesty legislation because it will not work.

I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.

We can't let 535 people continue to limit the progress of a nation of more than 300 million.