Department Quote by John Walters

“dozens of school districts forwent federal funding rather than integrate their schools.”

— Isabel Wilkerson

If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded schools, we will have to allow those public funds…

— Jonathan Kozol

When we're able to identify disparities in education, we can better determine whether federal grant programs are effectively reaching our students, allowing us to…

— Jacky Rosen

We want to help schools that don't have money.

— Tony Gonzalez

Most departments of education are set up largely to regulate schools and hold them in compliance. They don't really help schools. When a school…

— Pedro Noguera

If the government is going to mandate levels and punish schools for failing, they should send that money to the school system.

— Robert Duncan

All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.

— Betsy DeVos

As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies.…

— John Warner

With respect to drugs, you know, there are a lot of organizations, including an enormous budget and an army at the federal government level…

— Burke Marshall

In the war on drugs, state and state law enforcement agencies have been rewarded in cash by the federal government - through programs like…

— Michelle Alexander

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

Schools that refuse to reopen should receive no federal funding!

— Marjorie Taylor Greene