Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.
We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students.
The government sets targets for increased four-year high school graduation rates as part of its agenda for improving Americans' health.
We need better public education and more realistic education.
There is still much work to be done to help our students secure good-paying jobs and achieve their ultimate goals, and in Congress, I'll continue to support Career and Technical Education programs.
I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.
Our obsessive focus on college schooling has blinded us to basic truths. College is a place, not a magic formula. It matters what subjects students study, and subsidies should focus on the subjects that matter the most - not to the students, but to everyone else.
America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt.
In the United States we have concentrated tremendous sums of money on the educational plant, seemingly with the idea that the right number of buildings will turn out the right number of graduates. Yet the teachers who actually instruct the future citizens of our country are more often than not miserably paid. If in the future we find ourselves with a lot of fourth-rate citizens, we have only ourselves to blame.
The obsessive focus on a college degree has served neither taxpayers nor students well. Only 35 percent of students starting a four-year degree program will graduate within four years, and less than 60 percent will graduate within six years. Students who haven't graduated within six years probably never will.
Far too many bright, motivated kids are being badly served by their educational experiences - ones at elite, wealthy schools as well as underfunded ones.
I have observed private and proprietary colleges, like the University of Phoenix, and the market they serve. And I found it intriguing the way in which they are trying to deliver the product, with more accountability, for a price.
I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms.
We've gotta guarantee all of our kids an education.
We have to have a school board that's actually gonna be able to function and that has true parent representatives on it.
All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.
I have discovered few learning disabled students in my three decades of teaching. I have, however, discovered many, many victims of teaching inabilities.
I'm very committed to stable and adequate funding for education.
So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.
I am excited to return to city schools... and to continue doing the work to ensure that every child in Baltimore City receives a world-class education.
I've been president of Brown and chancellor of Vanderbilt, where they have very high completion rates.
It's not how much you spend, it's how you spend it. We have been putting a lot of money into education in the state of Nevada, and it's gotten us to 50th in the country in graduation rates. We needed more accountability in our system.
To be sure, American higher education is a diverse ecosystem, comprising institutions of all sizes, price tags, and mission statements.
I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.
The bottom line is we believe that parents are the best equipped to make choices for their children's schooling and education decisions.
