Doug Ducey Quotes

If the government is going to mandate levels and punish schools for failing, they should send that money to the school system.

Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.

In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice.

Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.

At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children.

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.

… while they're adding teachers in places like South Korea, we're laying them off in droves. It's unfair to our kids. It undermines their future and ours. And it has to stop. Pass this bill, and put our teachers back in the classroom where they belong.

Whenever there are changes to school budgets, we know teachers feel it first.

Teachers should not need to have to buy books for the kids, or pencils and pens. That's absurd.

During my time as a state legislator, I've pushed for significant investment in public school districts. In Congress, I would look forward to increasing federal public investment in education through initiatives like Race to the Top.

But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.

I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms.

Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.

More than fifty cents on the dollar in our public school system in the United States is spent on Administration. If you know of a private industry that spends more than fifty cents on the dollar on administration and is still making a profit, I would like to know what it is.

They [educators] don't want to hear my views on education. They just want the [federal] money.

Everyone runs on an education platform. We have Education Presidents and Education Governors and Education Dog Catchers, but the dollars never match the rhetoric.

Private sector cannot substitute the role of the government in primary education.

I look forward to the opportunity to continue to push for the welfare of our students and the dignity of our educators' work in my role as governor.

Los Angeles is a rich city; California is a rich state; the United States is a rich country. The money is out there, and Los Angeles teachers are demanding that it be spent where it belongs, on our kids.

I believe education is a bipartisan issue, and I intend to support those educational policies of President Trump with which I agree.

I want to see us add more dollars to the classroom.

I look forward to talking about how we can work together to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all students while also refocusing the federal role in education.

Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.

The people of Florida in 2002 voted and approved class size limits in Florida to make sure that the State pays for smaller class sizes and not local districts.

No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count.