Chris Christie Quotes

I want to get rid of Common Core.

I think Common Core is a disaster. That doesn't mean there can't be a little tentacle left of the Department of Education, like 5 percent, just in terms of local coordination, perhaps.

We're going to end Common Core. Going to bring our education local.

We should roll back Common Core.

There isn't really any Common Core any more. Each state is able to set the standards for their state. They may elect to adopt very high standards for their students to aspire to and to work toward. And that will be up to each state.

I do not support Common Core because there is absolutely no evidence that a big, centralized bureaucracy makes anything better. In fact, there is a lot of evidence to the contrary.

I am going to provide school choice and put an end to common core and bring our education local.

I'm certainly very conservative when it comes to education. We're getting rid of Common Core. We're going to have education at a local level.

The Obama administration has abused the executive power, enforcing Common Core on the states. It has used race to the top fans to effectively blackmail and force the states to adapt Common Core. But in one silver lining of Obama abusing executive power is that everything done with executive power can be undone with executive power and I intend to do that.

The inner cities, education is almost worthless, it's horrible. We're going to have Common Core ended.

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

Louisiana standards and Louisiana tests for Louisiana students.

Common Core is a big win for education.

When it comes to the SAFE Act, when it comes to rolling back Common Core, I recognize that I need Assembly Democrats to make that a reality.

Education reforms must be the priority for governments.

Get rid of Betsy DeVos.

You can't improve what you can't measure, and liberals have resisted any kind of meaningful measurement of success in the classroom for decades. Instead of focusing on the three R's, liberals have thrown up a barrage of silly things designed to distract us all from their awful stewardship of the schools.

We need better public education and more realistic education.

When governors such as John Engler, Mike Huckabee, and Mike Pence were driving the conversation on voluntary high standards driven by local voices, it all made sense.

As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards.

I think charter schools, choice, and frankly school standards need a champion.

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

There is no question we need higher academic standards and at the local level the rigor of the Common Core state standards must be the new minimum in classrooms.

We do need curriculum reform. And it should happen at the state and local level. That is where educational policy belongs, because if a parent is unhappy with what their child is being taught in school, they can go to that local school board or their state legislature, or their governor and get it changed.

My gut reaction [on Betsy DeVos] was, oh, my God. We are now back into the education wars.