Cory Booker Quotes

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.

In the education debate, people are so passionate about their ideas that we often end up expending more energy shouting at each other than we do pushing for the fundamentals to success in all schools.

The key for all cities is whether you turn the public schools around.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

A great economy requires great public schools.

We used to have superb public schools. I guess we don't anymore, but, boy, the public schools were really something and I am a product of those in Indianapolis.

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 a very big public school advocate.

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.

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

It is possible to have a public education system that works.

We - our children need a quality public education.

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

Public school system status quo is indefensible.

Education to me is the most important thing that we've got going in this country. I mean, a lot of my family are teachers. I was the recipient of a great public education, and I see that's one of the first things that we're going to go, 'What are we going to raise?' The ignorant masses.

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.

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards.

We must revamp K-12 education law to ensure Washington does not stand in the way of meaningful reforms.

We cannot build a prosperous state without good schools.

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

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

These day schools did invaluable service in the days of the Colony and Commonwealth, and, indeed, in the early days of the Republic; but to their continuation must undoubtedly be ascribed the tardy recognition of the government and people of the fact that no agency for the education of the masses is as effective as the public school.... There is not one public school building owned by the government or by any city or township.

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

More than anything, we must do better for our children's education.

We should have better schools.