Believe Quote by Jeb Bush

There is no question we need higher academic standards and at the local level the rigor of the Common Core state standards must be…

— Jeb Bush

Why do we need a federal Department of Education? Curriculum should be driven at the local level anyway.

— Todd Wilcox

We do need curriculum reform. And it should happen at the state and local level. That is where educational policy belongs, because if a…

— Marco Rubio

Standards of education are not set by government, but by God, the Bible, the home and the school.

— Stockwell Day

If we use these common standards as the foundation for better schools, we can give all kids a robust curriculum taught by well prepared,…

— Randi Weingarten

If I was a state, I would like to see education left to the schools themselves, but I don't want the federal government involved…

— Gary Johnson

As a member of the State Board of Education, I have been a part of meetings concerning new standards for our public school system…

— Mark Robinson

The simple facts are these: We need higher standards in our schools, and we need to hold teachers accountable for the outcomes in their…

— Sonny Perdue

Here's the problem with Common Core. The Department of Education, like every federal agency, will never be satisfied. They will not stop with it…

— Marco Rubio

“. . .standards are for: They establish what children should know, not how they are taught or measured.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

You have got to have two things in education reform. You have got to have some flexibility, so people can figure out what to…

— David Brooks

I don't like to have the federal government start pushing its weight deeper and deeper into our schools. Let the states and localities do…

— Mitt Romney