Bill Foster Quotes

Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.

The online revolution of education has only just begun. There are two approached to solving educational problems: Government spending and Technology. My bet is on technology.

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

I believe education is a bipartisan issue, and I intend to support those educational policies of President Trump with which I agree.

Once the federal dust settles, whether there is little to spend or a lot, education must continue to be our top priority. We can afford nothing less.

Surely in a country that works for everyone ensuring that everyone has access to an excellent education should be the first priority of any government?

India, with one of the largest education systems in the world, has always been a priority for Khan Academy.

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.

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.

If your kid doesn't have broadband access, that's a real disadvantage for participating in modern education.

Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.

The government's objective, broadly expressed, is that all persons, whatever their level of ability, whether they live in town or country, have a right as citizens to a free education of the kind for which they are best fitted and to the fullest extent of their powers.

About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.

Legislatures not driven to desperation by the problems of public education may be able to see the threat in vouchers negotiable in sectarian schools.

Concepts like edX and online learning will transform education. This will completely change the world. I believe that people will move to online learning, both on campuses and worldwide. We have a real opportunity to be able to bring people around the world into our fold.

I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology.

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.

I believe e-courses will eventually change people's attitude toward learning. Education will play an increasingly dominant role in people's lives. For people of all ages and all geographies.

If you're going to have a public subsidy to education, vouchers are clearly a better way of delivering it. They should result in some loosening up and privatization of the government school system.

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.