New Quote by Michael Bennet

“By picking a few winners, the Race to the Top competition abandoned the traditional idea of equality of educational opportunity, where federal aid favored…

— Diane Ravitch

President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan, called 'Race…

— Juan Williams

Our schools, like so many parts of our infrastructure, are crumbling across the country. Healing our schools can and should be central to our…

— Jamaal Bowman

Imagine if you had genuine, high-quality early-childhood education for every child, and suddenly every black child in America - but also every poor white…

— Barack Obama

Schools should be integrated by race and by class.

— Nikki Giovanni

“Race to the Top was only marginally different from No Child Left Behind. In fact, it was worse, because it gave full-throated Democratic endorsement…

— Diane Ravitch

In DC, policymakers think that if we can only have high enough standards, tough enough tests, and hold people accountable, we can close the…

— Diane Ravitch

Everybody does good things, but I'm talking about making major changes in the educational system that would impact an entire race. I'm talking about…

— Jim Brown

Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping folks who…

— Barack Obama

With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting effective teaching…

— Bill Gates

Fixing our schools must begin with reforming the way we attract talent to teaching.

— Michael Bennet

I really think the single most important thing to remember about trying to fix the schools is that there is no such thing as…

— Molly Ivins