Donna Brazile Quotes

Often times the public school teachers are ridiculed or they are made to feel inferior but this is really undeserved.

Teachers who have committed their lives to the classroom deserve better than our politics has given them.

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.

Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of reckless rhetoric in Washington about the mediocrity of the teaching profession - and I don't find that to be true at all.

If I have a cause, it's the cause of the teacher.

Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America.

Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little less blame for America's educational shortcomings.

The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.

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

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

Our teachers are valuable, and our public policy should reflect that.

Unionized teachers have destroyed much of the state school system.

I worship teachers. They can't be paid enough. It depresses me that society sees them as somehow expendable.

I'm a very big public school advocate.

I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models.

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.

To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.

I am increasingly ready to junk the public school system.

There are teachers' unions around the country realizing they want to improve standards of the profession, improve the quality of their profession, and ultimately attract the best and the brightest to their profession. The vast majority of teachers are dedicated and committed.

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

As a former teacher, it pains me to watch such an essential and rewarding profession suffer due to government neglect.

I love and celebrate good teachers, and it's critical that we do more to identify them and keep them happy and motivated.

Well, just as in the quality of public schools, there is massive disparity and the compensation given to the public school teachers.

We definitely have to take care of our teachers more. Raise the pay. Give them the tools they need.

The fundamental problem for the teaching profession is how undervalued it is and how underpaid teachers are.