Ray Bradbury Quotes

If things don't work in education, we need change.

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.

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.

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.

I always wanted to be a teacher. I went to school to be a teacher. And I've always, you know, had this sort of romantic idea about it. But I'm worried about - I'm worried about education.

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.

School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.

We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.

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

We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us.

This nation suffers from three deficits—a trade deficit, a budget deficit, and an education deficit. I submit, that the trade and budget deficits will not be resolved until we overcome the education deficit.

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.

No matter where I travel in the state, people want to talk about education.

We think we can contribute something toward the improvement of public education in our country.

Teachers know how to improve education.

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

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.

Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.

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.

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community.

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.

An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.