Building Quote by Glenn Kelman

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

— Anonymous

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

To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce…

— Adam Davidson

We need more money for schools. We need more money for the kids. Ever think maybe the damn kids aren't worth it?

— Greg Giraldo

Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. . . . Competition for the…

— Aaron Sorkin

The upshot is that to send its children to a school of even average quality, a family must outbid half of other similar families…

— Bob Frank

The bad news in our most cosmopolitan and vibrant cities is that many middle-class people can no longer afford to live in 'middle-class' school…

— Sandra Tsing Loh

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

We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000 despite a…

— Barack Obama

It's time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance…

— Albert Shanker

“The low standards of our state-run schools and our weak infrastructure have especially hurt the poor in terms of access: those of us who…

— Nandan Nilekani

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more…

— William Weld