Parent Involvement Quotes

It's one thing to support your kid, but if you have an interest in what your child is doing, it makes it a whole lot easier.

Why Not the Best?

The public education landscape is enriched by having many options - neighborhood public schools, magnet schools, community schools, schools that focus on career and technical education, and even charter schools.

When I talk to teachers, parents, superintendents, my colleagues, everyone wants to fix No Child Left behind. There is great dissatisfaction with No Child Left Behind.

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

We have to have a school board that's actually gonna be able to function and that has true parent representatives on it.

The school systems at my childhood had enough money or enough parent involvement that they felt like learning music and songs, and exploring the whole pop or classical canon, were just as important as algebra or biology. Music is such a visceral and tactile experience for a kid, and to just replace that with video games or something that doesn't have the same sort of physical impact would definitely be a poor choice, and have a negative impact.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control.

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

Teachers tell me that they'd like to work more closely with parents.

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.

If you have one of the worst schools in the city, then chances are the teachers are not going to care for you. Chances are the parents don't feel seriously about coming to meet with teachers.

I'm not one of those who thinks the only way to fix what's wrong with American education is to throw more money at it. We also need to do it much better.

Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week.

My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.

It's hard to improve public education - that's clear.

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.

Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.

I'm president of my children's day school and have a tremendous passion for education.

Within a single school, teachers often encounter differences in poverty levels, parent involvement, and student readiness.

Kids see cooking as a creative outlet now, like soccer and ballet. It gives me hope that things like fast food, childhood obesity and the horrible state of school lunches can be addressed by kids and their parents.

When people lose faith in a system as they have in the public school system, they no longer want to support it.

Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent.

When I travel throughout the district speaking with families and educators, I frequently hear of concerns with our K-12 education system.