Charter Schools Quotes

• I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Believe, School, Rights

  74 Copy quote

• Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Teacher, School, Kids

  22 Copy quote

• I've consistently said, we need to support charter schools. I think it is important to experiment, by looking at how we can reward excellence in the classroom.

  Barack Obama

  School, Thinking, Support

  Source: www.politico.com

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's time to update traditional public schools, charter schools, home schools, online schools and parochial schools. Let the dollars follow the child instead of forcing the child to follow the dollars, so that every child has the opportunity to attain an education.

  Bobby Jindal

  Children, Home, School

  "How Republicans can win future elections" By Bobby Jindal, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2012.

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Teacher, School, Curriculum

  8 Copy quote

• Not every child learns for the same purpose, not every child thrives in the same settings and schools. Limiting a child to just one opportunity does nothing more than limit that child's future. The way forward must involve more public charter schools, which offer parents a tuition-free alternative to their neighborhood school.

  Rick Perry

  Education, Children, School

  4 Copy quote

• I'm very committed to its educational institutions, including my alma mater Central Falls High School's drama program, because I know that's what got me my start. I do everything I can to keep it alive since it made me feel like I had something to give to the world. I also support the Segue Institute for Learning, a charter school in Central Falls run by a friend of mine that my niece attends. I'm committed to that because of its proven results. They have the highest math scores of any charter school in Rhode Island.

  Viola Davis

  Running, Educational, Niece

  Source: aalbc.com

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Teacher, School, Proportion

  8 Copy quote

• Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure.

  David Brooks

  School, Independent, Structure

  Source: www.pbs.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Arizona is a national leader in school choice with both charter schools and tuition tax credits giving parents and their children more school choices than ever before.

  Jane D. Hull

  Children, School, Giving

  8 Copy quote

• The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Reading, School, Math

  8 Copy quote

• Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is.

  John Engler

  Educational, School, Needs

  8 Copy quote

• If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is the rationale for authorizing for-profit charters or charter management organizations with high-paid executives, since their profits and high salaries are paid by taxpayers' dollars?

  Diane Ravitch

  School, Successful, Average

  Diane Ravitch (2013). “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools”, p.219, Vintage

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• The only role other than paying their taxes, whatever those are, the only role for philanthropy broadly - of which the rich should give disproportionately - the more, the better - and I think there is a positive trend in that direction - there are certain risk-taking things, like trying out a new type of charter school or funding a new kind of medicine.

  Bill Gates

  School, Thinking, Medicine

  "THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Apparently almost anyone can do a better job of educating children than our so-called 'educators' in the public schools. Children who are home-schooled by their parents also score higher on tests than children educated in the public schools. ... Successful education shows what is possible, whether in charter schools, private schools, military schools or home-schooling. The challenge is to provide more escape hatches from failing public schools, not only to help those students who escape, but also to force these institutions to get their act together before losing more students and jobs.

  Thomas Sowell

  Jobs, Children, Military

  8 Copy quote

• The charter school is a possibility, an alternative in certain circumstances, but not in most, and not in most places, and not - most parents don't have either the time, the inclination or the aptitude to sit and go through sifting what school and what is available and what the options are.

  Mark Shields

  School, Parent, Alternatives

  Source: www.pbs.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• President-elect [Donald] Trump has made a provocative choice for secretary of education. Betsy DeVos comes from a wealthy Michigan family. She is an advocate for school choice. That phrase means, in essence, directing public education money to charter schools, private schools or parochial schools.

  Steve Inskeep

  School, Mean, Essence

  Source: www.npr.org

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• 90 percent of American schoolchildren are in public schools. And the emphasis on private schools and charter schools and parochial schools is not unimportant.

  Mark Shields

  School, Emphasis, Charter

  Source: www.pbs.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I mentioned charter schools, and experimenting with our school system, to make it work. I think that's something we really have to pay attention to.

  Barack Obama

  School, Thinking, Attention

  Source: www.politico.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think charter schools, choice, and frankly school standards need a champion.

  David Brooks

  School, Thinking, Choices

  Source: www.pbs.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Charter schools are just public schools on a slightly longer leash. A dog on a long leash is still a dog on a leash.

  Marshall Fritz

  Education, Dog, School

  6 Copy quote

• A-PLUS Act - allow states to operate like charter schools.

  Jim DeMint

  School, States, Plus

  4 Copy quote

• They [Mc Donalds] take people and give them a first job, which enables them to get a second job. They do a very good job of educating troubled young people to be good citizens and they're probably more successful than charter schools.

  Charlie Munger

  Jobs, School, Successful

  13 Copy quote

• Albuquerque is my home. I want my kids and all of our children to be able to go to any public or charter school and receive an excellent education.

  Steven Michael Quezada

  Children, Home, School

  "'Breaking Bad' Actor Steven Quezada Will Take on New Role on Albuquerque School Board" by Kacy Ray, www.foxnews.com. January 14, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Betsy DeVos is not the most informed person on education policy, but I have seen her present a few times, and she presents as a pretty respectable, intelligent person who has cared passionately about education and cares about charter schools.

  David Brooks

  School, Intelligent, Care

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source