Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accountable" for their education performance...In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats.

The school system has become a part of this huge government machine, governed by people who aren't close to the situation. That's why I'm a Republican. I believe in small government.

I am going to provide school choice and put an end to common core and bring our education local.

I believe in local control of education.

I don't think the federal government should be a part of everything. I think that governing should be done state-by-state... so that you can tailor your governing to the people's needs.

I'm pro-life but I believe that the federal government ought to stay out of it. That's a decision that the people of each state ought to make for themselves.

We have to allow people in the states to make their own decisions, to get government agencies out of the way and let local people make decisions about what's best for them.

I'm a strong supporter of states' rights to do what they need.

We do need an attitude of leadership in our government which demonstrates faith in major population centres outside of Perth.

I think a lot of things could be handled locally.

There is a role for government, but no matter how much money the government spends, it will never be able to take the place of parents and strong families.

What is good for Alaska is good for the country. Transferring power from the federal government to the states provides opportunity to all states, not just Alaska.

I am going to make Washington as irrelevant to your lives as possible

I would rather have 1000 school board members than one president and no school board members.

Collective decisions about health care and education are best answered on a local level.

I believe that those closest to the children should be making the decisions about how funds should be spent, what the curriculum should look like, and what's the best way to help our students.

Going to talk to my little girl's teacher is a far cry from what people probably think I spend my time doing.

I believe the role of the government is too big. Society must be more decentralized.

President-elect Trump and I know it won't be Washington, D.C., that unlocks our nation's potential, nor a bigger bureaucracy, tougher mandates, or a federal agency. The answer is local control and listening to parents, students, and teachers.

When it comes to education, no solution, not even ones we like, should be dictated or run from Washington, D.C.

It's time to return our education policy back to local communities.

Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions.

[T]he States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore . . . never to see all offices transferred to Washington, where, further withdrawn from the eyes of the people, they may more secretly be bought and sold at market.

I don't like to have the federal government start pushing its weight deeper and deeper into our schools. Let the states and localities do that.

Of all states that understands local control of schools, Iowa is such a state.