Am Quote by Sebastian Thrun

High school dropout rates nationally - Not enough is being done on this issue.

— Cedric Richmond

“only 28% of 12th graders in 2015 attended services once a week, down from 40% in 1976.”

— Jean M. Twenge

“later start time high school graduation rates increased by more than 11 percent”

— Daniel H. Pink

We have been restraining the growth of the cost of education-that is, tuition, room and board-to be within approximately one and a half percentage…

— Anonymous

As a first-generation college student, I know the hurdles that far too many people face in accessing quality, affordable higher education.

— Alex Padilla

Increasing postsecondary enrollment and success, particularly among first-generation, low-income, and minority students, is good for students and our state's economy.

— Ned Lamont

There's a perception that's been put out into the marketplace by No Child Left Behind that schools aren't doing enough for kids.

— Mark Jackson

“THE TRUTH ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION • American fifteen-year-olds rank thirty-fifth out of fifty-seven developed countries in math and literacy. • 30 percent of…

— Frank I. Luntz

Each year more than 100,000 high school graduates, with proved ability, do not enter college because they cannot afford it. And if we cannot…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading…

— Barack Obama

“What matters most is for the school, the district, and the state to be able to say that more students have reached "proficiency." This…

— Diane Ravitch

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

— Anonymous