Jared Polis Quotes

In the education debate, people are so passionate about their ideas that we often end up expending more energy shouting at each other than we do pushing for the fundamentals to success in all schools.

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

It is possible to have a public education system that works.

Los Angeles has all the ingredients of success... but we need to start with our education system.

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

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.

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

The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.

We must revamp K-12 education law to ensure Washington does not stand in the way of meaningful reforms.

In my mind, there is no reason public school reform should be a partisan issue.

I am going to use every rostrum and every forum and every searchlight that I can to tell the people of the country and their elected representatives that we can no longer afford overcrowded classrooms and half-day sessions. We just must not, we just cannot afford the great waste that comes from the neglect of a single child.

The most important domestic issue we face is education…and education is so broken.

We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city.

There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.

We have to fix the education system.

We should have better schools.

Education has not traditionally been a large concern in presidential elections, presumably because the president does not run schools.

I look forward to talking about how we can work together to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all students while also refocusing the federal role in education.

Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

I'm a very big public school advocate.

I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education.

There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.

The most important problem that Turkey has is education.

I'm excited about seeing a bipartisan plan to reform education in the United States. The only other option is to protect the status quo and I really don't think anybody wants to do that.