George W. Bush Quotes

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.

In Barack Obama, we have a great education president who is rebuilding America. His Race to the Top program is doing more to 'spur us' to improve our public schools than anything we've ever done as a nation.

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

This is not a skill problem, this is a will problem. Does America have the will to make education a priority? We know the things that work. Why don't we scale up those things that do work.

Early education is the type of issue politicians nod their heads at, and then when it comes time to make a tough decision, a financial trade-off, inevitably it's about the first item tossed from the table.

I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and before very long, suddenly, Republicans were thought of as being as interested and as competent in education as Democrats, and why? Because they were talking about it and doing something about it.

Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.

Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.

Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.

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.

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

The problems of public schools will not be solved by cutting off the source of their funding, which is what vouchers are.

Everyone runs on an education platform. We have Education Presidents and Education Governors and Education Dog Catchers, but the dollars never match the rhetoric.

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

Once the federal dust settles, whether there is little to spend or a lot, education must continue to be our top priority. We can afford nothing less.

The Department of Education should be disbanded and the resources either returned to the taxpayers or put into the schools.

In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice.

Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money.

We need to increase education budgets.

I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.

Like health care, education is something worth spending on and worth investing in, but we're spending more and getting less.

Through the Committee on Education and the Workforce, we need to ensure we are educating a future generation to achieve a workforce for the 21st century. I believe the best education solutions come from those closest to the students: state and local entities.

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.

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.