Brian Sandoval Quotes

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.

We need to save the education system. We need to remove education from the framework of the political parties that rule in the State of Israel. We need to increase the allocation of long-term national resources to education and never touch them - no matter what.

You can’t reform education without spending some money.

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

The government sets targets for increased four-year high school graduation rates as part of its agenda for improving Americans' health.

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.

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.

Scholarships that allow students to get a good education are important, but first we want to measure the progress that the schools are teaching our students, we want to hold them accountable for the progress, we want to hold the schools accountable for teaching the young people in America.

You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the delivery of education.

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to improve our schools as long as we keep the A, B, C, D, F grading system.

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

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.

America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt.

If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.

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

The education of a nation instead of being confined to a few schools and universities for the instruction of the few, must become the national care and expense for the formation of the many.

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

For many years we have spent a great deal of effort and money on school reform. Yet where are we today?

We are spending a lot of money on our schools. We’ve got to make ourselves accountable for the results.

You know there's a problem [with the education system] when you realize that out of the three R’s, only one begins with an R.

Investing in better-quality education outcomes - especially in maths and science - more than pays for itself.

It's hard to improve public education - that's clear.

While the Tan Yan Kee foundation believes that it is merely scratching the surface relative to the gargantuan problems in the education sector, it envisions that one day it will be able to train more teachers and provide much-needed facilities that will transform schools into more conducive learning environments.

I'm very committed to stable and adequate funding for education.