Achievement Quote by Mitt Romney

Obviously Massachusetts has one of the best public school systems in the country. But there are schools, like in Brockton, where kids are struggling…

— Devin McCourty

I think for what success looks like for me, it is a world in which you can look at the achievement scores, the academic…

— Michelle Rhee

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

You have to remember, we may be the only nation, the only one I know of, that uses test scores not to assess kids,…

— John Merrow

If there's one thing that 'No Child Left Behind' has proven, it's that more academics don't make for smarter children - or even higher…

— Darell Hammond

The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money to the…

— John Stossel

The United States ranks 14th in the world in education. Even if we subtract Sarah Palin's test scores, it only bumps us to third.…

— Christopher Titus

Competitive programs such as Race to the Top provide incentives for communities to develop new solutions for old problems. Because of Race to the…

— Michael Bennet

Connecticut's public schools are among the best in the nation, but there's more that we can do to close achievement gaps so that we…

— Ned Lamont

We live in a crazy time, and parents are very worried about their children's futures. They're getting all kinds of messages about children having…

— Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.

— James S. Coleman

No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years. It denies…

— Jonathan Kozol