Steve Forbes Quotes

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.

I do think that a school day that matches the work day makes a lot of difference for working families, but the big driver of this effort is education. Period. We have a lot of students not gaining the skills they need, and it is pretty clear that school does not offer enough time to get that job done.

Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.

Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.

Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.

I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.

Through the Committee on Education and the Workforce, we need to ensure we are educating a future generation to achieve a workforce for the 21st century. I believe the best education solutions come from those closest to the students: state and local entities.

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.

As I see it, the debate between summer vacation vs. year-round school glosses over the most important questions. Namely, how can we bring play back to our nation's schools?

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!

Also, if we take back our schools and concentrate on improving them so our children get a better education, they will be better trained to compete for a job locally.

With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job.

President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education.

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

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.

I want to make sure that all kids get a good education and enjoy what they learn.

With the enactment of the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act, we have taken an important step toward achieving federal education policies that will allow students to learn and achieve at the highest possible level.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

I think our voters have made it clear. Unless someone can demonstrate to me that having larger class sizes is better than having smaller class sizes, I'm not going to support it.

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

The single greatest investment we can make in the economy is to make sure that each person has a good education.

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

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.