Public Education Quotes

All you've got to do is go back and look in the early 1900s and see what we had in Texas without public education and realize what it has done for the state.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.

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 turn their children over to the public education system and wrest control from them and block them out of participation of that. That has to change or education will not improve in this country.

You've got to have a good public education system so small-business owners, when they locate to an area, are confident their kids are getting the best education possible. I feel strongly about local control in school districts.