Academic Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools…

— Thomas Sowell

We are in tough economic times right now, and the first thing we have to do is look at how we're spending the dollars…

— Michelle Rhee

Really taking advantage of our universities to be able to become centers of innovation. Making sure we deal with some of the systemic inequities…

— Josh Shapiro

We have the leading companies and the leading sectors in the advanced industrial world, we have an incredibly dynamic society, and we have high…

— Fareed Zakaria

In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better.

— Mac Thornberry

Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay…

— Scott Walker

I think education should be our centerpiece.

— Jim Justice

Our schools have made our state great, and we have to make our public schools the best they can be.

— Roy Cooper

You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the…

— Rob McKenna

Higher education is a cornerstone of our state's future.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

America must reduce its fiscal deficit, modernize its infrastructure, and improve its schools.

— Richard N. Haass

I just cannot understand why we can't have better schools. That private schools are the only option for the kind of high-net-worth crowd, I…

— Marc Benioff