Quotes about Public Education

In The Field Of Public Education, The Doctrine Of 'Separate But Equal' Has No Place Votes: 4

Public education is an investment in our future. Votes: 3

An attack on Public Education is an attack on Democracy Votes: 3

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. Votes: 3

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. Votes: 3

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry. Votes: 3

Reforming public education, cutting property taxes, fixing adult and child protective services and funding our budget can all occur when Democrats and Republicans engage in consensus and cooperation - not cynicism and combat. Votes: 3

Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas. Votes: 3

What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies. Votes: 3

The Figurehead of American Public Education Who Prefers Private Religious Education (!)All things equal, I would prefer to have a child in a school that has a strong appreciation for the values of the Christian community, where a child is taught to have a strong faith. Votes: 3

American Education has a long history of infatuation with fads and ill-considered ideas. The current obsession with making our schools work like a business may be the worst of them, for it threatens to destroy public education. Who will Stand up to the tycoons and politicians and tell them so? Votes: 3

Education is a system of imposed ignorance. Votes: 2

Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite. Votes: 2

The public library is a center of public happiness first, of public education next. Votes: 2

All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield. Votes: 2

Today's public education system is a failed monopoly: bureaucratic, rigid and in unsteady control of dissatisfied captive markets. Votes: 2

Legislatures not driven to desperation by the problems of public education may be able to see the threat in vouchers negotiable in sectarian schools. Votes: 2

To pine for the days before public education became a practical reality is to pine for an America held back by mass ignorance and mass illiteracy. Votes: 2

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge. Votes: 2

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. Votes: 2

Humanitys greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity, reducing inequity is the highest human achievement. Votes: 2

In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education. Votes: 2

As a teacher of fourth-graders in a public school, where corporal punishement was not allowed, she had years of violence stored up and was, truth be told, sort of enjoying letting it out on Kona, who she felt could have been the poster child for the failure of public education. Votes: 2

It's time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. It's no surprise that our school system doesn't improve: It more resembles the communist economy than our own market economy. Votes: 2

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance. Votes: 1

In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education. Votes: 1

You can't have public health without working with the public sector. You can't have public education without working with the public sector in education. Votes: 1

Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs that mass incarceration have created. Votes: 1

All around the United States of America - in the cities and the counties - our public education is suffering and has been suffering. Cuts, cuts, cuts. Votes: 1

I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system. Votes: 1

Future public education will require involvement and collaboration among various local, civic, private and nonprofit entities, a concept I like to refer to as 'community entrepreneurship.' Votes: 1

I am very proud of the quality of public education in Nebraska, but I believe we have an obligation to continually assess whether our system is meeting 21st Century education needs. Votes: 1

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime. Votes: 1

The public education movement has also been an anti-Christian movement...We can change education in America if you put Christian principles in and Christian pedagogy in. In three years, you would totally revolutionize education in America. Votes: 1

I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided. Votes: 1

You've got to have a good public education system so small-business owners, when they locate to an area, are confident their kids are getting the best education possible. I feel strongly about local control in school districts. Votes: 1

All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education. Votes: 1

Our public education system does a great job. I don't think it's broken. We aren't interested in doing reform for reform's sake. I believe in public education; it did a great job for me. It deserves our support and encouragement. Votes: 1

I look back and see the kids who made it through school - it made a huge difference in their lives, which made me believe in the power of public education and what it can do for individuals and communities and the state. Votes: 1

Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission. Votes: 1

The government has convinced parents that at some point it's no longer their responsibility. And in fact, they force them, in many respects, to turn their children over to the public education system and wrest control from them and block them out of participation of that. That has to change or education will not improve in this country. Votes: 1

It's hard to improve public education - that's clear. Votes: 0

Close Dept. of Education, but don't dismantle public schools. Votes: 0

You can't just provide power, you also need public education. Votes: 0

Public education grants secular worldviews an exclusive monopoly in the classroom. Votes: 0

Public education grants secular worldviews an exclusive monopoly in the classroom." Votes: 0

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education, Votes: 0

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education. Votes: 0

I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education. Votes: 0

Free education for all children in public schools... Combination of education with industrial production Votes: 0

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools. Votes: 0

My primary and secondary education was provided by the Highland Park Public School System. Votes: 0

We also call for free public education going forward. We know it pays for itself. Votes: 0

Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools? Votes: 0

Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment. Votes: 0

I wouldn't be where I am today without the amazing public arts education that I had. Votes: 0

I wouldnt be where I am today without the amazing public arts education that I had. Votes: 0

All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield Votes: 0

In the U.S., we believe the best way to improve lives is to improve public education. Votes: 0

You can't persuade most of the public that education and making a living aren't the same thing. Votes: 0

If you want to know how to solve society's problems, you start out with better public education. Votes: 0

All democracies demand common public education because nothing makes people so much alike as the same education. Votes: 0

Teach For America provides one of the most critical pipelines for bringing new talent into public education. Votes: 0

I'm a proponent of single-payer health-care, public education, protecting the environment - all the things Democrats rally around. Votes: 0

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall. Votes: 0

We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Votes: 0

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall. Votes: 0

As elite attitudes towards public education over time illustrate, simple formulas are far from adequate. There are conflicting tendencies. Votes: 0

America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation. Votes: 0

American education will be determined by the quality of American public education, and that's public schools that are available. Votes: 0

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. Votes: 0

You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger. Votes: 0

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. Votes: 0

Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid. Votes: 0

California is maybe the richest place in the world. They're destroying the best public education system in the world. Votes: 0

We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen. Votes: 0

I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms. Votes: 0

You wasted $150,000 on an education you could have got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library. Votes: 0

Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized. Votes: 0

We need to figure how to defend higher education as a public good. If we can't do that, we're in trouble. Votes: 0

Public education has served as a check on the power of parents, and this is another powerful reason for maintaining it. Votes: 0

If we get public education right, everything else will follow. But if we get it wrong, not much else will matter. Votes: 0

I've been an advocate for public education for a long time. It's the way people are able to improve their lives. Votes: 0

I have realized why corrupt politicians do nothing to improve the quality of public school education. They are terrified of educated voters. Votes: 0

We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning. Votes: 0

All the public systems "“ administration, justice, education and political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system promotes mediocrity. Votes: 0

I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids' public education better. Votes: 0

The Public provides freedom...Individualism begins after the roads are built, after individualists have had an education, after medical research has cured their diseases... Votes: 0

If you want a good education, go to private schools. If you can't afford it, tough luck. You can go to the public school. Votes: 0

People think I have the benefit of a public school education. I have this suave and debonair label, but really, I'm as common as muck. Votes: 0

So if you want to find somebody to blame for the way i am, I guess you'd have to start with the public education system. Votes: 0

Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional.....All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle. Votes: 0

It is now quite obvious that the humanists are using public education as the battering ram with which to destroy Christianity in the United States. Votes: 0

A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war. Votes: 0

Mexico is a pretty poor country, but they are maintaining a free, high quality public education system, not for everyone of course but pretty substantial. Votes: 0

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense. Votes: 0

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services. Votes: 0

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives. Votes: 0

In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country. Votes: 0

Real security, in other words, is inseparable from issues of energy policy; education; public health; preservation of soils, forests, and waters; and broadly based, sustainable prosperity. Votes: 0

Future public education will require involvement and collaboration among various local, civic, private and nonprofit entities, a concept I like to refer to as community entrepreneurship. Votes: 0

Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It's important for New York, but it's also important for the country. Votes: 0

We all know that great leaders can create great successes...success for the Chicago public education fund is to bring great leaders into Chicago's public schools. Votes: 0

We will continue to go out onto the streets and to protest, and actively encourage the public to support us in our campaign for free education, Votes: 0

That should be the goal, is that every kid in every neighborhood, despite whatever challenges they may face, are getting a great education in our public schools. Votes: 0

We are afraid to face the hard questions. We are willing to tackle drugs, crime, and public education only if it doesn't cost us any new taxes. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities. Votes: 0

Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once I became successful as an actress. Votes: 0

The left has total control over the public education system, all the way up to the university level. It's something they own, and it's going to have to change. Votes: 0

The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on. Votes: 0

Things like water and sewage systems require states in a large-scale society, but states are also a good mechanism for dealing with health care, education, public transportation, and infrastructure. Votes: 0

Albuquerque is my home. I want my kids and all of our children to be able to go to any public or charter school and receive an excellent education. Votes: 0

I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child in American public schools receives. Votes: 0

You can't create a successful politics of support for public education on the basis of asking voters not to care about skills, and tests that measure skills, at all. Votes: 0

The education of the common people requires, perhaps, in a civilized and commercial society, the attention of the public more than that of people of some rank and fortune. Votes: 0

We're throwing money down a rat hole drain of public education! We lead the world in public education spending. We lead the world in getting the least for it. Votes: 0

Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right. Votes: 0

While NCLB drove important progress on transparency and data disaggregation, I think it's clear that the status quo in public education is not working for our kids or our country. Votes: 0

I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us ideas 'above our station.' Votes: 0

Instead of unfairly demonizing teachers, we should be working with them to find solutions to the problems in our schools and make sure every child gets an outstanding public education. Votes: 0

A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an education for personal responsibility that too often is neglected. Votes: 0

I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today. Votes: 0

We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families. The era of defining public education as allegiance to centralized school districts must end. Votes: 0

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education. Votes: 0

All you've got to do is go back and look in the early 1900s and see what we had in Texas without public education and realize what it has done for the state. Votes: 0

There are very powerful and wealthy special interests who want to privatize or dismember virtually every function that government now performs, whether it is Social Security, Medicare, public education or the Postal Service. Votes: 0

The rascal multitude are the proper targets of the mass media and a public education system geared to obedience and training in needed skills, including the skill of repeating patriotic slogans on timely occasions. Votes: 0

No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these clowns don't read, can't write, and clearly can't add. Votes: 0

I think that one thing that people are missing is that we are never going to be able to fix this country's [American] economy in the long run until we fix our public education system. Votes: 0