“New laboratories and centers will help our schools lift their standards of excellence and explore new methods of teaching. These centers will provide special training for those who need and deserve special treatment.” NeedsHelpingSchoolEducationTeachingSpecialTrainingStandardsDeserveMethodExcellenceLiftsTreatmentLaboratorySpecial TreatmentMethods Of Teaching Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
“It's a Tenth Amendment issue. If you want Washington, if you want to implement their standards, that's your call... We certainly had higher standards than Common Core, so it was a very easy decision for Texans, myself and the legislature included, to basically say we still believe that Texans know how to best run Texas.” IfsKnowsWantBelieveStillsRunningEasyDecisionCommonEducationKnow HowIssuesHigherStandardsCoreTexasAmendmentsLegislatureTexanHigher StandardsCommon Core Author:Rick Perry
“We should also give students more flexibility in the courses they take in high school to prepare them for whatever their goals may be, without sacrificing our rigorous academic standards.” GivingShouldMaySchoolCoursesGoalEducationSacrificeStudentsStandardsHigh SchoolAcademicFlexibilityAcademic Standards Author:Rick Perry
“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
“We measure the success of schools not by the kinds of human beings they promote but by whatever increases in reading scores they chalk up. We have allowed quantitative standards, so central to the adult economic system, to become the principal yardstick for our definition of our children's worth.” HumansKindChildrenSchoolReadingHuman BeingsEducationEconomicStandardsAdultsIncreaseOur ChildrenDefinitionsScorePrincipalEconomic SystemsChalkYardsticks Author:Kenneth Keniston
“We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.” EducationLowsStandardsUniversityPopulationBritishSignificantProportionBritainSchoolingCompulsoryCompulsory Education Author:Nigel Short
“You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs.” PeopleCareJobsTermEducationHigherStandardsHealth CareDecentStandards Of LivingHigher StandardsScandinavia Author:Bernie Sanders
“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.” IndividualLevelsEducationLibertyLearningSafeStandardsEnlightenmentAimEducationalSpreadLibertarianOriginalityPublic SchoolDissentSchoolingSchooledPublic EducationHomeschoolingIndividual LibertyGreat EducationCitizenryUnschoolingSchools And EducationSchool EducationEducation For AllEducation And FreedomAim Of Education Author:H. L. Mencken