“Texas is a national leader in education reform and student achievement. Through our college- and career-ready standards and assessments, strong school accountability, and a focus on educator development, we have created an education system that prepares our students for success after graduation.” SchoolStrongEducationLeaderCareersFocusStudentsCollegeReadyDevelopmentAchievementStandardsReformAccountabilityTexasEducatorEducation SystemAssessmentEducation ReformStudent Achievement Author:Rick Perry
“Refinancing won't fix everything that's broken with our [American] higher education system. We've got to bring down the cost of college. And we need more accountability for how schools spend federal dollars.” NeedsSchoolCollegeBrokenHigherCostDollarsAccountabilityEducation SystemHigher Education Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Our higher education system is controlled by what amounts to a cartel of existing colleges and universities, which use their power over the accreditation process to block innovative, low-cost competitors from entering the market.” UseProcessEducationCollegeAmountHigherCostLowsUniversityBlockControlledEnteringCompetitorsInnovativeEducation SystemHigher EducationColleges And UniversitiesCartels Author:Marco Rubio
“The education system is where young skulls full of mush are programmed and propagandized into the system. They are highly valuable. That's why they're subsidized. You know, universities are approaching the same circumstance we have in health care. What it costs is not related at all to market forces. Meaning what it costs is not related to what people can afford. You get right down to it, how many Americans, how many families can afford 20,000, 30,000, $50,000 a year or semester to send their kids off to college? It has to be subsidized.” PeopleKnowsYearsCareKidsYoungForceCollegeCircumstancesCostUniversityValuableHealth CareRelatedSkullsEducation SystemSemesterOff To College Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We spent $100 billion on education, saving the education system 300,000 teachers who were laid off because of the recession. We also put tens of thousands of lower income kids in college through Pell grants which has fundamentally all their opportunity. We did the same thing with regard to what we did on transportation. So we weren't just trying to - we knew we had to do something big to keep us from going over the cliff into a depression and pull us out of hole.” TryingBigsKidsOpportunityTeacherCollegeRegardBillionsHolesIncomeSavingHaving FunGrantsCliffsTransportationRecessionsEducation SystemLaid OffPell Grants Author:Joe Biden
“I feel strongly that we have to have an education system that starts with preschool and goes through college. That's why I want more technical education in high schools and in community colleges, real apprenticeships to prepare young people for the jobs of the future.” PeopleWantFeelsRealSchoolJobsYoungCommunityCollegeHigh SchoolEducation SystemApprenticeshipPreschoolCommunity CollegeTechnical Education Author:Hillary Clinton
“We need to have an education system in New Jersey and all over the country that makes all of our kids, either college or career ready. It should be their choice. I mean, every kid doesn't want to go to college. But I think we should aspire to let every child reach his maximum or her maximum potential.” ThinkingWantNeedsShouldMeanChildrenCountryKidsChoicesCareersCollegeReadyAspireMaximumJerseyEducation SystemNew JerseyMaximum Potential Author:Chris Christie