Accepting Quote by Diane Ravitch

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

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

Charters give public school teachers the flexibility to design programs to the individual student needs. They no longer have to go to a distant…

— Gary Larson

Support charters; insist on change for failing schools.

— Newt Gingrich

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

— Andrew Cuomo

“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

Just, as I have traveled around from school to school, whether it's project-based learning or an outward bound curriculum, it's very hard to tell…

— David Brooks

Whatever motivates the enemies of charter schools, you cannot describe it as anything but evil. How else do you characterize adults willing to sacrifice…

— Miranda Devine

I would argue that the charter schools are really good at building programming and curriculum around the issues and the interests of the kids…

— Charlie Baker

One of my main legislative efforts in education is to help expand and replicate successful charter schools. Charter schools are public schools with site-based…

— Jared Polis

Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure.

— David Brooks

Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources.…

— Maggie Gallagher