Champion Quote by David Brooks

I've consistently said, we need to support charter schools. I think it is important to experiment, by looking at how we can reward excellence…

— Barack Obama

I mentioned charter schools, and experimenting with our school system, to make it work. I think that's something we really have to pay attention…

— Barack Obama

Charter schools were supposed to compete with public schools, and in turn, that competition was meant to improve education. But that wasn't the end…

— Ana Kasparian

Support charters; insist on change for failing schools.

— Newt Gingrich

Every school, including voucher and charter schools, must be held to strict accountability standards.

— John Bel Edwards

The 'niche' effect of charter schools guarantees a swift and vicious deepening of class and racial separation.

— Jonathan Kozol

Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement…

— Maggie Gallagher

I expect there will be more public charter schools.

— Betsy DeVos

Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't…

— John Engler

“If we continue on the present course, with big foundations and the federal government investing heavily in opening more charter schools, the result is…

— Diane Ravitch

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

— Andrew Cuomo

Whoever becomes Education Secretary has to have a love and passion for public schools. Not charter schools, not vouchers, but public schools.

— Jamaal Bowman