Enrique Pena Nieto Quotes

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.

I think part of the problem is the education system doesn't work - it's not accountable.

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

The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education.

We have to provide good teachers, good environment, community involvement with schools.

Why Not the Best?

We're all in agreement that our children deserve a world-class education.

We should have better schools.

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.

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

We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.

Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

The most important problem that Turkey has is education.

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education.

If American schooling is inadequate now, just imagine how much more obsolete it will be when today's kindergarten students graduate from high school in just 12 years.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

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.

Education in America stinks!

I am going to use every rostrum and every forum and every searchlight that I can to tell the people of the country and their elected representatives that we can no longer afford overcrowded classrooms and half-day sessions. We just must not, we just cannot afford the great waste that comes from the neglect of a single child.

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

If you want to reform schools, don't do it with testing. We used to say, "If you want elephants to grow, you don't weigh the elephants. You feed the elephants." Children will not grow unless they get quality instruction.

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

I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control.