David Barton Quotes

Many people want to send their children to faith schools because they get good exam results, but they're not foolish enough to believe that it's because of faith that they get good exam results.

Albuquerque is my home. I want my kids and all of our children to be able to go to any public or charter school and receive an excellent education.

Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy.

The rule with my mom was that the only way that I could be an actress when I was young was that I continued to go to public school and get straight A's in all my classes.

I made good grades in school.

Schools should be held accountable for results.

To call public education godless betrays invincible ignorance, infinite prejudice, and complete misunderstanding of what religion is all about.

Public schools have become the established church of secular society

The best schools in Arizona are charter schools. The worst schools in Arizona are charter schools.

Equal access to public education has been achieved. But what is the good of access to a failing school?

If my child were in a school where he was not learning, I would not wait for a gathering of social scientists to tell me whether it was okay for me to send him to another school.

I think there are really are some public schools, incredibly successful public schools, that are inculcating a real educational ethic in their students.

As a child, I walked with my friends to Rosa Parks Elementary and then to Ben Franklin Middle School. I rode Muni to Galileo High School. And thanks to amazing teachers who believed in me and supported me along the way, I was able to matriculate to another public school: the University of California at Davis.

I did all right in school, especially in math.

I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child in American public schools receives.

We used to have superb public schools. I guess we don't anymore, but, boy, the public schools were really something and I am a product of those in Indianapolis.

Standardized tests are an indicator of the kind of service taxpayers are receiving - and whether schools, educators and policymakers are doing their jobs. In the United States, taxpayers spend almost $600 billion annually on public education, so it's not unreasonable to ask what all that money is producing. In fact, it's irresponsible not to know.

The modern public school derived from a philosophy of freedom reflected in the First Amendment ... The non-sectarian or secular public school was the means of reconciling freedom in general with religious freedom.

Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.

Almost all the students who make it to Caltech, one of the best scientific universities in the world, come from public schools. So it can be done.

American education will be determined by the quality of American public education, and that's public schools that are available.

If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is the rationale for authorizing for-profit charters or charter management organizations with high-paid executives, since their profits and high salaries are paid by taxpayers' dollars?

Everyone thinks I must have been an ace in school. But I didn't work hard, I was lazy. I liked to be lazy. I thought laziness stimulated your imagination.

I do not want church groups controlling the schools of our country. They must remain free.

Look I'm politically correct, I went to a great school, I was a good student, look, I'm a smart guy.