Mark Shields Quotes

I am very proud of the quality of public education in Nebraska, but I believe we have an obligation to continually assess whether our system is meeting 21st Century education needs.

We - our children need a quality public education.

We used to have superb public schools. I guess we don't anymore, but, boy, the public schools were really something and I am a product of those in Indianapolis.

It is possible to have a public education system that works.

We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city.

I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child in American public schools receives.

Public school system status quo is indefensible.

In my mind, there is no reason public school reform should be a partisan issue.

The key for all cities is whether you turn the public schools around.

[Characterizing public schools:] godless monstrosities ... values-indoctrination centers ... a multi-billion dollar inculcation machine.

There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

A great economy requires great public schools.

I just cannot understand why we can't have better schools. That private schools are the only option for the kind of high-net-worth crowd, I think, is ridiculous. It should be a major initiative. It should be something we're all working on. We have to get our head out of the clouds.

For decades, the public school system failed too many children, so we passed the No Child Left Behind Act and demanded schools show results in return for money.

I think people don't talk enough about education and what we need to do in our public education system.

Every city should make the common school so rich, so large, so ample, so beautiful in its endowments, and so fruitful in its results, that a private school will not be able to live under the drip of it.

I'm not sure Betsy DeVos has ever spent a day in a public school. And I don't - I'm pretty sure Donald Trump hasn't.

I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.

I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system.

Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me.

Our public education system does a great job. I don't think it's broken. We aren't interested in doing reform for reform's sake. I believe in public education; it did a great job for me. It deserves our support and encouragement.

I'm a very big public school advocate.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

Many more schools can be outstanding.