Jodi Benson Quotes

So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.

My wife has a public charter school for children with dyslexia. Almost every one of them has failed in a public school.

I was home-schooled.

Parents like options when it comes to their children's education. And they respond to quality.

I support parents making the best decisions for their kids' education.

it's back to school time. or as home-schoolers call it, stay-where-you-are time.

I'm a little bit backward. I didn't really go to school.

The federal government has a very limited role in the schools…It’s the ‘he who has the gold makes the rules’ principle. The federal government only pays 8 percent of the school costs. The state and local government, 92 percent… Our federal role in education has been the needs of the neediest students.

School-houses are the republican line of fortifications

Parents or guardians who themselves arrange for their children or wards receiving instruction equal to the general elementary school standard, shall not be obliged to have their children or wards taught in elementary school

I was born in Sacramento but moved to Los Angeles with my mom and my little sister when I was seven.

Every schoolteacher will tell you that there is no substitute for engaged parents in the education of a child.

I do believe ultimately the role is of our state government to ensure every child in this state has a great public school education.

I believe that every child in Maryland deserves a world-class education, regardless of what neighborhood they grow up in.

When I was visiting schools, I wanted to go and see what they got. After my visit, I knew that Kansas was good.

Our ultimate goal with Real Models is to open a school and I would love to do it here in Miami, open up a charter school.

I don't want the values of others being imposed on my children in my school, and I don't think that should be happening in a public school or a private school.

Los Angeles has all the ingredients of success... but we need to start with our education system.

School really didn't work for me.

I don't miss public school.

I was home-schooled my entire life and never been in a classroom.

By providing every student with a quality education, and the materials they need for class and to do their homework, we can help students from all backgrounds learn and thrive.

If learners do not have a roof under which they can learn we are already setting them up for failure.

I was home-schooled my whole life, pretty much.

Los Angeles has been great to me, and I have a home there, and I'm so lucky I get to do what I do for a living. But I did not go down to Los Angeles really even with the intention of staying.