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Charter School Quotes

I'm not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I work in serious scholarship and work in the United States federal tax court. My husband and I raised five kids. We've raised 23 foster children. We've applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids.
- Michele Bachmann

We have a law that allows us to establish charter schools here in this state. We ought to get going on it.
- Craig Benson

You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.
- Drew Brees

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.
- Andrew Cuomo

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

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

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.
- Maggie Gallagher

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

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

About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.
- Reed Hastings

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

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