Backgrounds Quote by Roy Romer

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

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.

— Andy Hargreaves

If we're going to have standards in schools, let's be honest and have standards.

— Amy Klobuchar

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

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

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

“Standards are just the most accepted ways of doing things. They're usually unquestioned, not challenged, not the most efficient, and not the best way…

— Rick Otton

“The correct definition of the word standard is "a required or agreed-upon level of quality or attainment." If that is true, and the definition…

— Andy Andrews

“The promoters of the standards claim they are based in research. They are not. There is no convincing research, for example, showing that certain…

— Terry Marselle

Standardised tests cannot capture all, but on the other hand, students who are not capable of doing well on standardised tests are not well-equipped…

— Wendy Kopp

School standards need to rise a lot further if the full potential of all our young people, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, is to…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

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

Always set for higher standards

— Idk