Ron Kind Quotes

Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.

When the federal government invests in education, it should support quality education and career readiness rather than institutions that make empty promises.

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.

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

Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today, and for generations to come.

We have a responsibility to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, from prekindergarten to elementary and secondary, to special education, to technical and higher education and beyond.

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.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education.

We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.

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

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

Investing in better-quality education outcomes - especially in maths and science - more than pays for itself.

A great economy requires great public schools.

The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.

Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life.

The most important problem that Turkey has is education.

I think it's very important to emphasize that there are many, many different educational institutions in what we call higher education, and they educate an enormous diversity of students. I think all of those institutions have to define particular roles for themselves; they can't do everything at once.

Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity.

So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.

I do think that a school day that matches the work day makes a lot of difference for working families, but the big driver of this effort is education. Period. We have a lot of students not gaining the skills they need, and it is pretty clear that school does not offer enough time to get that job done.

Since its founding in 1854, Penn State has proven to be a leading institution of higher learning.

Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.