Bureaucrats Quote by Ron Paul

Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accountable" for their education performance...In the free society envisioned by…

— Ron Paul

“A free society acknowledges that authority over education begins with the family. I am not saying that a free society grants that authority. I…

— Ron Paul

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

— Betsy DeVos

Since the conception of our country, America has held that parents, not schools, teachers, and certainly not courts, hold the primary responsibility of educating…

— John Doolittle

“Our Founders explicitly designed our system so that all powers not delegated to the federal government (education included) fell to the states or the…

— Glenn Beck

The foundations demand that public schools and teachers be held accountable for performance, but they themselves are accountable to no one. If their plans…

— Diane Ravitch

The Department of Education's refusal to oversee and hold for-profit schools accountable is a government-made disaster, and American students and taxpayers should not have…

— Lisa Madigan

No Child Left Behind taught us that parents, teachers and state and local leaders are more suited to address students' needs than a one-size-fits-all…

— John Kline

The government has convinced parents that at some point it's no longer their responsibility. And in fact, they force them, in many respects, to…

— Rick Santorum

Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first…

— Pope John Paul II

Our public schools need to be in the control of parents and the community, as opposed to businessmen who see the $23 billion budget…

— Charles Barron

Parents do not own their children. They have no ‘natural right’ to control their education fully.

— John Goodlad