Randi Weingarten Quotes

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

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

I'm a very big public school advocate.

We are fortunate to live an area that is blessed with outstanding schools and educators. We are proud of the quality of education that they provide to local students.

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

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

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

I am going to use every rostrum and every forum and every searchlight that I can to tell the people of the country and their elected representatives that we can no longer afford overcrowded classrooms and half-day sessions. We just must not, we just cannot afford the great waste that comes from the neglect of a single child.

Great Schools. Great Texas

If we get public education right, everything else will follow. But if we get it wrong, not much else will matter.

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

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.

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals.

I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education.

There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.

Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.

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.

The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.

A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than handing them iPads.

America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation.

Public schools in the late '80s and early '90s were a total mess... we felt that if I was going to have a good educational option in my life, I would have to go to a public school district that actually served its children.

We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city.

Our nation's commitment is to provide a quality education to every child to serve the public common good. Accordingly, we must shift the paradigm to think of education funding as investments made in individual children, not in institutions or buildings.