Jeb Bush Quotes

We really shouldn't be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.

It is time to end social promotion in America’ s schools.

While the public school rewards failure by throwing more government money at failing school systems, the voucher system does the opposite.

If there's one thing that 'No Child Left Behind' has proven, it's that more academics don't make for smarter children - or even higher test scores. And yet we somehow refuse to accept this reality.

'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.

Hillary Clinton wants to leave behind No Child Left Behind.

The time has come to end social promotion in our schools.

You wouldn't tolerate an underperforming surgeon in an operating theatre, or a underperforming midwife at your child's birth. Why is it that we tolerate underperforming teachers in the classroom?

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

President Obama still places far too much emphasis on relentless testing with standardized exams.

With the enactment of the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act, we have taken an important step toward achieving federal education policies that will allow students to learn and achieve at the highest possible level.

I think our voters have made it clear. Unless someone can demonstrate to me that having larger class sizes is better than having smaller class sizes, I'm not going to support it.

Enacted under President George W. Bush's administration with the promise to focus on individual student achievement and overall school performance, No Child Left Behind was heralded as groundbreaking. And in some ways, it was.

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.

We need to reform our educational systems even though the Americans tell us to.

Competition has not worked in education because it has never really been tried.

Schools should be held accountable for results.

I'm a little bit tired of people getting credit for improving education by doing the cheapest thing they can do, which is to call for the manipulation of test scores or to create new standards.

Federal and State mandates don’t do anything for local schools other than to protect failure.

Common Core is a big win for education.

We should roll back Common Core.

Whenever someone says to me, 'Are you for or against Common Core,' the first question I ask is, 'What do you think Common Core is?' You will get a different answer from every single person. You will literally get a different answer.

Many of the best teachers I know are being laid off because their unions value seniority over intellect, passion, creativity, and drive.

Education reforms must be the priority for governments.

You can't just abandon accountability measures in schools... Educators want that because otherwise they can't identify achievement-gap issues for students.