Federal government Quote by Diane Ravitch

I expect there will be more public charter schools.

— Betsy DeVos

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

The charter school is a possibility, an alternative in certain circumstances, but not in most, and not in most places, and not - most…

— Mark Shields

“Our schools will not improve if we continue to focus only on reading and mathematics while ignoring the other studies that are essential elements…

— Diane Ravitch

An early attempt at education choice was charter schools. These were meant to attract the best and brightest students and provide them a level…

— Bob Beckel

A lot of charter schools are non-union schools that take a lot of teachers from alternative tracks, like Teach For America. They do this…

— Dana Goldstein