Kristen Soltis Anderson Quotes

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

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

We have to fix the education system.

Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards.

The key for all cities is whether you turn the public schools around.

When people lose faith in a system as they have in the public school system, they no longer want to support it.

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

We should have better schools.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

I think people don't talk enough about education and what we need to do in our public education system.

Hillary Clinton wants to leave behind No Child Left Behind.

Our public education system does a great job. I don't think it's broken. We aren't interested in doing reform for reform's sake. I believe in public education; it did a great job for me. It deserves our support and encouragement.

I'm not one of those who thinks the only way to fix what's wrong with American education is to throw more money at it. We also need to do it much better.

When I was mayor of New York, my views changed. I began as mayor of New York City thinking that I could reform the New York City school system. After two or three years, four years, I became an advocate of choice, of scholarships, and vouchers, and parental choice, because I thought that was the only way to really change the school system.

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.

There has been a growing consensus across the country - from statehouses to the White House and the halls of Congress - that we need to take dramatic steps to improve our secondary schools.

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

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

One of my main legislative efforts in education is to help expand and replicate successful charter schools. Charter schools are public schools with site-based governance.

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.

Education reforms must be the priority for governments.

Education needs to be our state's top priority.

As a former public high school teacher, I will support whatever is in the best interest of Texas education only after careful evaluation of the Permanent School Fund.