James E. McGreavy Quotes

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.

It's shortsighted not to view the education of a future generation of Americans as a priority for all Americans.

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.

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.

Such schemes take money from people who can least afford to spend it to support an unneeded bureaucracy that eats money people thought they were providing for education.

If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.

You've got to have a good public education system so small-business owners, when they locate to an area, are confident their kids are getting the best education possible. I feel strongly about local control in school districts.

In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.

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

The Department of Education engages in fanciful rhetoric.

The largest investment that most communities have is their school buildings.

We are spending a lot of money on our schools. We’ve got to make ourselves accountable for the results.

Local school districts should be free to adapt their academic programs in ways appropriate for their community, but we cannot allow mindless budget shortfalls to force wrongheaded changes to our children's education.

There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.

We owe every student in every neighborhood in New Jersey an equal opportunity to succeed. We know that more money, alone, is not the answer. We need to redefine success, and how we pursue that success, by the outcomes obtained by students.

Well, I am producing a show that's going to be on NBC this fall. It's called 'School Pride,' and it's a reality show where we're going around the country and renovating schools. It's really great.

American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.

You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.

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 have done a poor job educating people about education. Only when we have clarified that can we talk about how best to achieve it.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

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.