Charles Best Quotes

If a student has access to a great school, Khan Academy can supercharge it. It should help a well-resourced school, and if you don't have that, then Khan Academy can have even a bigger impact. But I don't see it as replacing the actual schools... we want to empower teachers and fill in the gaps.

No child's dream should be limited by the quality, or lack thereof, of the education they receive.

By providing every student with a quality education, and the materials they need for class and to do their homework, we can help students from all backgrounds learn and thrive.

I saw first-hand that all schools are not created equal, and the students shouldn't have to go without all of the materials that they need for a great education.

Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.

During consideration in the Education and the Workforce Committee this year, Democrats and Republicans worked constructively together to improve the delivery of Head Start services to the target populations.

And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children.

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

The Time to Succeed Coalition brings together an unprecedented group of leaders from education and business, communities and academia to say that it is time to strike the shackles of an outdated school calendar from our disadvantaged schools.

A large number of students around the world don't really have access to high quality education. So, launching EdX allows students all over the world to have much better access to a high quality education from a university such as Harvard, MIT, Berkeley and others as we add more universities.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.

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 started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world's education system.

Schools serving disadvantaged students need more time to help these students catch up and gain the core academic skills they will need to succeed in our economy and society.

It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.

I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don't think we're there yet. That's what I mean when I say I have an issue with it. There's no way a kid can learn in a class with 40 to 45 people. I had the power to get out of that system and pursue things that I wanted to do and I did that.

In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.

Equal access to public education has been achieved. But what is the good of access to a failing school?

In the long run, a second class education always costs more money than a first class education.

I strongly believe that more money needs to be spent in the classroom.

I've been building classrooms for children. Computer labs for kids. It's such a huge problem and so many children just aren't given a chance in life.

Too often, I hear stories of teachers and parents spending part of their paychecks to ensure there are supplies in the classroom - even basic necessities like pens, pencils and paper. This is unacceptable.

I believe that every child in Maryland deserves a world-class education, regardless of what neighborhood they grow up in.