Student Achievement Quotes

Of all our institutions public education is the most important. Everything depends on it, the present and the future.

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

If you serve a child a rotten hamburger in America, federal, state, and local agencies will investigate you, summon you, close you down, whatever. But if you provide a child with a rotten education, nothing happens, except that you're liable to be given more money to do it with. Well, we've discovered that money alone isn't the answer.

You looked at Stanford or Harvard, or the University of Colorado, these were powerful engines just turning out people ready to create and grow businesses.

Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our part in this regard considering how far they have gone.

President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan, called 'Race to the Top,' states can win federal support for schools by improving teacher evaluations.

Schools can do extraordinary things given the chance; teachers can do remarkable things if we eliminate the paperwork that sometimes binds them and give them a chance to really teach in our schools.

Education is the number one priority.

I really think the single most important thing to remember about trying to fix the schools is that there is no such thing as an instant result.

There is no better system in the world than the U.K. education system that offers better value for money.

The government has convinced parents that at some point it's no longer their responsibility. And in fact, they force them, in many respects, to turn their children over to the public education system and wrest control from them and block them out of participation of that. That has to change or education will not improve in this country.

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

In public schools, classes are bloated - it's ridiculous.

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.

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

One of the best indicators of student achievement is the academic success of the mother in the home.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'

I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more.

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.

The problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding or lack of computer equipment. The problem is your damn kids.

When it comes to education, no solution, not even ones we like, should be dictated or run from Washington, D.C.

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

You can’t think how much anxiety pervades the country about the children’s education. I receive dozens of letters from schools and tutors every day about it.