Husnu Ozyegin Quotes

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

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

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

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.

I think part of the problem is the education system doesn't work - it's not accountable.

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

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

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

The most important domestic issue we face is education…and education is so broken.

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

No matter where I travel in the state, people want to talk about education.

If things don't work in education, we need change.

I look forward to talking about how we can work together to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all students while also refocusing the federal role in education.

Ask me my three main priorities for government, and I tell you: education, education and education.

I think we're doing a dreadful job of educating.

We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.

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

Whenever I am among my fellow Governors, I am struck by how many face the same education improvement issues.

Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.

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.

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

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

When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future.

We have to fix the education system.

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