William H. Gray Quotes

And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.

Arizona is a national leader in school choice with both charter schools and tuition tax credits giving parents and their children more school choices than ever before.

The role of the federal government, if any, is to create more school choice.

When people lose faith in a system as they have in the public school system, they no longer want to support it.

I'm a very big public school advocate.

The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.

Yes, I believe in school choice. Parents know far better than government bureaucrats what their children need from an education standpoint, and they should be permitted to make that choice.

When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.

Keep the Federal skunk out of our schools.

I grew up in the public schools, my mom taught in them, and then my daughter is in them.

One of my main legislative efforts in education is to help expand and replicate successful charter schools. Charter schools are public schools with site-based governance.

Public schools in the late '80s and early '90s were a total mess... we felt that if I was going to have a good educational option in my life, I would have to go to a public school district that actually served its children.

The public education landscape is enriched by having many options - neighborhood public schools, magnet schools, community schools, schools that focus on career and technical education, and even charter schools.

While the public school rewards failure by throwing more government money at failing school systems, the voucher system does the opposite.

As the son of a union activist and a lifelong Democrat, I've always thought that privatizing our public schools is not the answer. We must strengthen public schools.

As more government functions are privatized, we find political leaders defunding the public school system, shifting government funds to the private, for-profit school industry.

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.

I'll continue to fight for school choice and home schooling. Do I believe in accountability? You bet I do.

In my mind, there is no reason public school reform should be a partisan issue.

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

The abolition of the separate school system in the south raises serious practical problems.... We face the abolition of the public school system. Boldness is essential but wisdom is indispensable.

I am increasingly ready to junk the public school system.

Education is largely run at the state level.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

I don't want the values of others being imposed on my children in my school, and I don't think that should be happening in a public school or a private school.