Gretchen Whitmer Quotes

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

It just felt like the right thing to do to give back to a state school and public school. I'm a really big fan of public education.

During my time as a state legislator, I've pushed for significant investment in public school districts. In Congress, I would look forward to increasing federal public investment in education through initiatives like Race to the Top.

Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them.

Obviously, this whole 'no child left behind' idea is more rhetoric than actual practice.

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.

My husband was working as principal of an urban transformation high school - the kind of public charter school determined to do whatever it takes to give its mostly minority, low-income student body the education they need and deserve to be successful in life.

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.

There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.

What we need is an education system that works for every child, not a select few. This starts with providing a quality education for our youngest Americans so they can learn, grow, and become prosperous citizens.

Our nation's commitment is to provide a quality education to every child to serve the public common good. Accordingly, we must shift the paradigm to think of education funding as investments made in individual children, not in institutions or buildings.

I believe that every child in Maryland deserves a world-class education, regardless of what neighborhood they grow up in.

No country which is now developed has done so without providing high quality public education.

Regardless of their parent's income or zip code, every child in Georgia deserves access to a high-quality, affordable education.

We need to focus on helping EVERY child to get a world-class education in EVERY school in this country.

A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

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.

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals.

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

Our public school system is our country's biggest and most inefficient monopoly, yet it keeps demanding more and more money.

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.