Daphne Koller Quotes

You can’t reform education without spending some money.

We need to increase education budgets.

America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt.

We need better public education and more realistic education.

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.

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.

We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

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

For many years we have spent a great deal of effort and money on school reform. Yet where are we today?

When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future.

Education is the largest and most important investment Utah makes.

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

A great economy requires great public schools.

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.

There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

The most important problem that Turkey has is education.

For any reporter, education is a topic where everything else - money, politics, et cetera - intersects. I have four kids in K through 12, so I'm knee-deep in it. I'm really interested in the philosophy behind it all. Should you just memorize your multiplication tables, or should you understand the concept behind them?

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

The money in the schools overpowers the principles of the purpose.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.

We must revamp K-12 education law to ensure Washington does not stand in the way of meaningful reforms.