#schools

I am the parent of teenagers, my daughters are 13 and 15, so the issue of Internet safety has been an important issue. I have been visiting middle schools to talk about some of the challenges that they face. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#am #been #challenges #daughters #face

By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just as great, if not greater, than students attending ivy league schools. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#attending #climbing #continue #delaware #delaware state

Ensuring a bright future for all our children is the responsibility of the community, the schools, families and like it or not- politicians as well. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#bright future #children #community #ensuring #families

You can be a lender who wants to compete and have a better product, but you just can't get to the students. The schools are controlling the access to the students. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#better #compete #controlling #get #just

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded. ↗

— Rita Dove

#quantified #schools #sometimes #things #unfortunate

I wish I had more time to visit schools. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

#i #i wish #more #schools #time

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

#certain #certain extent #charter #charter schools #control

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

— Maggie Gallagher

#charter #charter schools #far #higher #proportion

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

#charter #charter schools #florida #gained #improved

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

#breaking #bush #children #education #education reform