George P. Bush Quotes

At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children.

Listen, if the mayor wants to have a debate about education in this city, I got three words: bring it on.

Education needs to be our state's top priority.

I say, too, with education, America needs to be putting a lot more focus on that and our schools have got to be really ramped up in terms of the funding that they are deserving. Teachers needed to be paid more.

As the son of a union activist and a lifelong Democrat, I've always thought that privatizing our public schools is not the answer. We must strengthen public schools.

Hillary Clinton wants to leave behind No Child Left Behind.

We need to increase education budgets.

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.

When I was mayor of New York, my views changed. I began as mayor of New York City thinking that I could reform the New York City school system. After two or three years, four years, I became an advocate of choice, of scholarships, and vouchers, and parental choice, because I thought that was the only way to really change the school system.

Legislatures not driven to desperation by the problems of public education may be able to see the threat in vouchers negotiable in sectarian schools.

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards.

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

We really shouldn't be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.

Most governors know more about education than other elected officials because education is our major job.

One of my main legislative efforts in education is to help expand and replicate successful charter schools. Charter schools are public schools with site-based governance.

We need better public education and more realistic education.

Education has not traditionally been a large concern in presidential elections, presumably because the president does not run schools.

The people of Florida in 2002 voted and approved class size limits in Florida to make sure that the State pays for smaller class sizes and not local districts.

If there's one thing that 'No Child Left Behind' has proven, it's that more academics don't make for smarter children - or even higher test scores. And yet we somehow refuse to accept this reality.

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

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.

But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

We have a law that allows us to establish charter schools here in this state. We ought to get going on it.

The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.