Carlos Lopez-Cantera Quotes

Parents like options when it comes to their children's education. And they respond to quality.

Bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., shouldn't know how to better educate my kids than I do.

The bottom line is we believe that parents are the best equipped to make choices for their children's schooling and education decisions.

I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world.

Generational disinterest in education means that too many young children lack the push from their parents in early years which can make the difference between success and failure in schools.

My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.

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

As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.

Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.

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

At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children.

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.

I'm probably one of the few people who can say I did all three types of state sector schooling.

I don’t know any parent who wants to send his children to a below average school.

Parents have got to become more involved in their children’s education.

If my child were in a school where he was not learning, I would not wait for a gathering of social scientists to tell me whether it was okay for me to send him to another school.

The Washington-knows-best approach has repeatedly failed the very children it proposes to help. It's time to roll back Common Core and return education to the people who it matters most to - children, parents, and teachers.

I want to make sure every child has the opportunity for quality education.

Every one of us deserves the right to have a great education that's going to prepare us and give us the tools that we need in order to thrive outside of school. It's our government's responsibility to make sure that everyone is included.

But there are parents out there who feel like they have been shut out from the process of how their children are educated, and that's never a good thing.

I have 9 children; I'm a big believer in childhood education, but we've got to be smart about getting a good return on the investment of those dollars.

For me, at least with my parents, I feel that they wanted me to have all the opportunities that they did not have, and for them, that meant going to private school.

My attendance in school was 30 per cent. I was always travelling with my parents.

I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?