J. C. Watts Quotes

'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.

No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count.

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.

If I'm elected President, I will make sure that you won't have too much homework.

The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue.

Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!

I do think that a school day that matches the work day makes a lot of difference for working families, but the big driver of this effort is education. Period. We have a lot of students not gaining the skills they need, and it is pretty clear that school does not offer enough time to get that job done.

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

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

This nation suffers from three deficits—a trade deficit, a budget deficit, and an education deficit. I submit, that the trade and budget deficits will not be resolved until we overcome the education deficit.

Louisiana standards and Louisiana tests for Louisiana students.

Second, we will give our fellow citizens the skills they need for the jobs of today and the careers of tomorrow. When it comes to the school your child will attend, every parent should have a choice, and every child should have a chance.

Since the LeBron James Family Foundation shifted its focus on education, it's been important to us to document the innovative work we're doing.

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.

If the goal of the No Child Left Behind Act is to ensure that all children meet state standards, then allowing large numbers of the most disadvantaged children to fall between the cracks is unacceptable.

Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes. To do so will require the efforts of us all-teachers, administrators, taxpayers and statesmen. Education is a social process, perhaps the most important process in determining the future of our country; it should command a far larger portion of our national income than it does today.

Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education.

Educational progress is a national concern; education is a private one.

Ask me my three main priorities for government, and I tell you: education, education and education.

Education reforms must be the priority for governments.

Hardworking, passionate teachers know their students' needs better than anyone else in the school environment. If we can tap into their needs, we can unleash smarter solutions and empower those people on the front lines.

Charter schools are not a panacea.

By providing every student with a quality education, and the materials they need for class and to do their homework, we can help students from all backgrounds learn and thrive.

We must provide an improved early education system so that all students have the opportunity to learn and reach their full potential.

We need better public education and more realistic education.