Alain Dehaze Quotes

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.

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

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

We have to fix the education system.

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

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?

Our scholastic system isn't structured to make sure that kids in the fifth or sixth grades absolutely know how to read.

Common Core is a big win for education.

We need better public education and more realistic education.

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

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

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to improve our schools as long as we keep the A, B, C, D, F grading system.

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

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

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

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.

We should have better schools.

Education needs to be our state's top priority.

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

I think people don't talk enough about education and what we need to do in our public education system.

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

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.

'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.