Liz Truss Quotes

Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity.

No country which is now developed has done so without providing high quality public education.

We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.

Well, we have to provide the world's best schools. We certainly don't have them, but that's our objective.

I’m running for Governor so that all our children can go to kindergarten.

Oh, when I was mayor of San Antonio, I pushed for expanding high-quality, full-day pre-K. We didn't have the resources to make it universal, but you could clearly see that that was what I wanted to do.

I actually support President Obama's initiatives on early childhood. He has appointed me as a commissioner to consult his administration on educational excellence for Hispanics in the U.S. We try to find ways to improve the education system for Hispanics in America, to achieve excellence.

Education is popular but very low standard. No wonder the Philippine economy is bankrupt.

What we need is an education system that works for every child, not a select few. This starts with providing a quality education for our youngest Americans so they can learn, grow, and become prosperous citizens.

Union Budget 2012 has supported industry's long time demand to improve the provision and standards of education in the country.

In Congress, I will fight for an education system that bridges the opportunity gap in order to help close the achievement gap, and prioritize models that sustain and enrich whole people and communities.

All of the factors that make up a quality city - safe streets, high paying jobs, strong neighborhoods, etc. - emanate from a strong educational premise.

Education is not Democrat versus Republican. It's about doing the right things for the right reason for our kids.

If you improve your education system, there's no telling what kind of businesses you'll be able to attract.

Like health care, education is something worth spending on and worth investing in, but we're spending more and getting less.

We spend more than a million dollars a year on our colleges and university, and it is money well spent; but we must have education that fits not the few but the many for the business of life.

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the delivery of education.

We're committed to making sure parents have affordable, quality early learning for their kids - there's no question about it.

Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.

President Obama's first term in office has been better for intentions than for actual changes in planning and policy. I do believe, and he has several things to this effect, that he would like to provide universal preschool or at least far more preschool for our children.

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

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.

Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.

We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.