Charles Best Quotes

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

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.

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

If things don't work in education, we need change.

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.

The most important problem that Turkey has is education.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us.

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

The most important domestic issue we face is education…and education is so broken.

No matter where I travel in the state, people want to talk about education.

When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future.

Education has not traditionally been a large concern in presidential elections, presumably because the president does not run schools.

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.

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.

Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.

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.

For many years we have spent a great deal of effort and money on school reform. Yet where are we today?

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

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

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

We have to fix the education system.

We should have better schools.