Facts Quote by Sonny Perdue

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

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

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

You can't just abandon accountability measures in schools... Educators want that because otherwise they can't identify achievement-gap issues for students.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

We must empower parents, and address their concerns about school safety, the school curriculum and the decline in standards and results in Virginia schools.

— Glenn Youngkin

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

— Michael Gove

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

— Andy Hargreaves

Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.

— Jeb Bush

Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability.

— Margaret Spellings

I don't believe the federal government should be involved in the creation of standards directly or indirectly, the creation of curriculum or content. It…

— Jeb Bush

And when it comes to developing the high standards we need, it's time to stop working against our teachers and start working with them.…

— Barack Obama

Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized…

— Raheem Jarbo