JOEL I. KLEIN

I don’t believe curriculums are the key to education, I believe teachers are.

Most teachers prefer to teach highly motivated kids who live in safe communities.

The most important domestic issue we face is education…and education is so broken.

Some people say that we will never fix education in America until we fix poverty. I think that they have it exactly wrong. We will never fix poverty until we fix education.

If the forces behind [education] reform seem scattered and weak those defending the status quo—the unions, the politicians, the bureaucrats, and the vendors—are well organized and well financed…. I am convinced that without a major realignment of political forces, we won’t get the dramatic improvements our children need.

Not every change will work out and your critics will focus mercilessly on those that don’t.

There are a lot of good ideas out there. There is no need to reinvent them.

We should make sure that every student has at least one alternative—and preferably several—to her neighborhood school.

I don’t believe curriculums are the key to education, I believe teachers are.

The most important domestic issue we face is education…and education is so broken.

There are a lot of good ideas out there. There is no need to reinvent them.

Some people say that we will never fix education in America until we fix poverty. I think that they have it exactly wrong. We will never fix poverty until we fix education.

Not every change will work out and your critics will focus mercilessly on those that don’t.

We should make sure that every student has at least one alternative—and preferably several—to her neighborhood school.

Most teachers prefer to teach highly motivated kids who live in safe communities.

If the forces behind [education] reform seem scattered and weak those defending the status quo—the unions, the politicians, the bureaucrats, and the vendors—are well organized and well financed…. I am convinced that without a major realignment of political forces, we won’t get the dramatic improvements our children need.