Jacky Rosen Quotes

If we don't empower families to be able to have a quality education, then their children - for the first time in American history, truly the first time - will not have the same economic opportunities.

If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.

My concern for education in New Mexico has always been there. I'm one of those kids that struggled through school, and I feel like I fell through the cracks.

We can't afford not to fully fund education.

It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.

I've been building classrooms for children. Computer labs for kids. It's such a huge problem and so many children just aren't given a chance in life.

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

One of the most significant factors contributing to the chasm of educational opportunity is the way that schools are funded.

Regardless of their parent's income or zip code, every child in Georgia deserves access to a high-quality, affordable education.

I saw first-hand that all schools are not created equal, and the students shouldn't have to go without all of the materials that they need for a great education.

If we can show the world that there are students in all sorts of communities who don't have the material they need for a great education, that will be the first major step to doing something about it.

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

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.

Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them.

Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.

Governor Romney has said nothing about preschool. I think that giving the poorest kids in America wonderful preschool, and three years of it, starting when they are two-and-a-half, is absolutely crucial.

Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need.

You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can.

There are so many people around the world in need of high-quality education and really starving for education.

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.

President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education.

Title I dollars are well spent. They are really making a difference in the education of students.

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.

In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.