Donald Trump Quotes

The White House, in advancing the agenda for a [school] "choice" plan, rests its faith on market mechanisms. What reason have the black and very poor to lend their credence to a market system that has proved so obdurate and so resistant to their pleas at every turn?

To me, it looks like an opportunity for school choice. I'd also like to see a pilot program to allow true school choice ? vouchers.

The role of the federal government, if any, is to create more school choice.

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

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime.

School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

Let's focus on how we can take someone who is being poorly educated in an American public school and how they are poorly trained for a job, and put in place those opportunities for them to get that education, give their parents choice in education, make it real for them.

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.

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.

Public education is the great equalizer of America.

Education is the great equalizer, and shouldn’t be limited to the wealthiest few.

Get rid of Betsy DeVos.

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

Most charter schools admit students by random lottery, making it impossible for them to pick only the best.

Millennials are not deeply familiar with school choice, and have some reservations, especially about the types of institutions that a student might choose to attend with taxpayer dollars.

Surely in a country that works for everyone ensuring that everyone has access to an excellent education should be the first priority of any government?

In Estonia, our greatest national treasure is our egalitarian educational system.

We must fix our broken education system. Every parent deserves a choice as to how to best educate their children so that every child has a chance to fulfill their potential.

I think charter schools, choice, and frankly school standards need a champion.

Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes. To do so will require the efforts of us all-teachers, administrators, taxpayers and statesmen. Education is a social process, perhaps the most important process in determining the future of our country; it should command a far larger portion of our national income than it does today.

It's... time to introduce scholarship programs that give students a choice, especially those who are locked into low-performing schools.

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

That should be the goal, is that every kid in every neighborhood, despite whatever challenges they may face, are getting a great education in our public schools.

As the son of a union activist and a lifelong Democrat, I've always thought that privatizing our public schools is not the answer. We must strengthen public schools.