Education Reform Quotes

• I’m not only a lawyer, I have a post-doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I’ve worked in serious scholarship ... my husband and I have raised five kids, we’ve raised 23 foster children. We’ve applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids.

  Michele Bachmann

  Children, Husband, Kids

  "Chris Wallace Asks Michele Bachmann: ‘Are You A Flake?’" by Sam Stein, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2011.

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• Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Government, Epidemics, Autism

  "Preventing Another Generation of Children With Autism" by Jenny McCarthy, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2012.

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• Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspiring, Education, Teacher

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.107, Best Books on

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• Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.

  Enrique Pena Nieto

  Quality, Reform, Purpose

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• You have got to have two things in education reform. You have got to have some flexibility, so people can figure out what to do. But you also have to have accountable, basically what the Common Core standards were, some sort of set of national standards, so we can measure.

  David Brooks

  Two, People, Reform

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• It's time for the US to widen its circle of learning, not to circle its wagons against hostile ideas in education reform.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Leadership, Learning, Ideas

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• The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

  Joe Lieberman

  Children, School, Promise

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• The human mind is our fundamental resource.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Education, Appreciation

  Special Message to the Congress on Education, February 20, 1961.

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• Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform. The very fact that they're always busy "reforming" is an implicit admission that they didn't get it right the first 50 times.

  Lawrence Reed

  Liberty, Welfare Reform, Care

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• Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized test scores.

  Raheem Jarbo

  Teacher, Stress, Men

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• 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.

  Juan Williams

  Teacher, School, Winning

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• The idea of school choice is spreading like wildfire around the country, because it's the one education reform that puts real choices and real opportunities in the hands of families who desperately need them.

  Clint Bolick

  Country, Real, School

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• Too many of our children cannot read. Reading is the building block, and it must be the foundation for education reform.

  George W. Bush

  Education, Children, Block

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• One of the greatest predictors of academic success that exist is the emotional stability of the home. So if parents are interested in education reform, they should also be interested in how they conduct themselves in front of their children. If they are homeschooling their kids, they are even more exposed, so the idea is even more important.

  John Medina

  Children, Home, Kids

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• There is an analogy between conservation and education reform. The coalition around education reform is the biggest bipartisan thing going in this state right now. We need to recapture the big bipartisan spirit for conservation.

  Rob McKenna

  Reform, Needs, Analogies

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• I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms.

  Mark McKinnon

  Fighting, Careers, Reform

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• Texas is a national leader in education reform and student achievement. Through our college- and career-ready standards and assessments, strong school accountability, and a focus on educator development, we have created an education system that prepares our students for success after graduation.

  Rick Perry

  Education, Strong, School

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• I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years.

  Michele Bachmann

  Running, Children, Years

  "'Hannity' Primary Part 2: Michele Bachmann". www.foxnews.com. July 01, 2011.

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