Joel I. Klein Quotes

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.

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

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

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

We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.

I think there is widespread agreement that there is a crisis in public education.

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

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

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

We have to fix the education system.

We should have better schools.

We think we can contribute something toward the improvement of public education in our country.

Education has not traditionally been a large concern in presidential elections, presumably because the president does not run schools.

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.

The most important problem that Turkey has is education.

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

In the education debate, people are so passionate about their ideas that we often end up expending more energy shouting at each other than we do pushing for the fundamentals to success in all schools.

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

We need to reform our educational systems even though the Americans tell us to.

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

Improving our nation's education system has long been the cornerstone of my policy agenda.

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

Education reforms must be the priority for governments.

We need better public education and more realistic education.