Able Quote by Gary Larson

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

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

I support charters, but the right kind of charters. I support charters that support kids who have the highest needs. A charter should be…

— Diane Ravitch

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

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

Support charters; insist on change for failing schools.

— Newt Gingrich

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

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

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

If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is…

— Diane Ravitch

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

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