Campbell Brown Quotes

To restore our public schools, we must put an end to the selfish agenda of the union bosses.

We - again, the, the, the, the bastardization and the demonization over the last few years of teachers and of unions and of collective bargaining, that is not the answer.

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

The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.

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.

Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers, better options and better choices for a better future.

President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan, called 'Race to the Top,' states can win federal support for schools by improving teacher evaluations.

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

Teachers' unions don't act in the interest of most teachers.

Charter schools are not a panacea.

They believe in teachers unions. We believe in teachers.

We need to take on the teachers' union once and for all.

The No Child Left Behind Program was an incentive to the schools to get their kids up to snuff on math and science and reading.

In Barack Obama, we have a great education president who is rebuilding America. His Race to the Top program is doing more to 'spur us' to improve our public schools than anything we've ever done as a nation.

With the enactment of the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act, we have taken an important step toward achieving federal education policies that will allow students to learn and achieve at the highest possible level.

You can't just pillory the teachers unions and sound the free market trumpet. We must visit the failing schools. We must talk to the mother who desperately wants more for her child and offer a constructive way out. We can't simply lambaste... food stamps or decry dependency.

I want to work with the teachers' union. But as I said out there, we have to put the kids first and we are letting down a generation of California children. It's not acceptable.

We need to reform our educational systems even though the Americans tell us to.

Keep the Federal skunk out of our schools.

The problems of public schools will not be solved by cutting off the source of their funding, which is what vouchers are.

Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

I'll continue to fight for our schools.

Well, just as in the quality of public schools, there is massive disparity and the compensation given to the public school teachers.

My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.

In the U.S., we believe the best way to improve lives is to improve public education.