Victor Mitchell Quotes

One of the problems we have is children are not in school long enough in the day and during the year.

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

I think our voters have made it clear. Unless someone can demonstrate to me that having larger class sizes is better than having smaller class sizes, I'm not going to support it.

If there's one thing that 'No Child Left Behind' has proven, it's that more academics don't make for smarter children - or even higher test scores. And yet we somehow refuse to accept this reality.

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.

Of all the American educational system's problems, none is more severe than the academic year beginning before Labor Day.

It's hard to improve public education - that's clear.

We need better public education and more realistic education.

For decades, the public school system failed too many children, so we passed the No Child Left Behind Act and demanded schools show results in return for money.

I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system.

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.

I'm not one of those who thinks the only way to fix what's wrong with American education is to throw more money at it. We also need to do it much better.

When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.

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

Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers, better options and better choices for a better future.

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

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

Schools should be open all day, all year.

The number one issue facing cities isn’t crimes or jobs anymore, it’s public education.

Schools should be held accountable for results.

If you want to reform schools, don't do it with testing. We used to say, "If you want elephants to grow, you don't weigh the elephants. You feed the elephants." Children will not grow unless they get quality instruction.

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

There has been a great challenge in improving educational achievement. It's a long-term issue, not a short-term one. It includes everything from getting more parents involved to addressing issues of poverty and improving what happens in the classroom.

We have to fix the education system.

We should have better schools.