Political Quotes

“Number one, whatever we do in education, the focus has to be on the kids. It has to be focused on Joe Ray. It cannot be focused on the bureaucracy or the system. So we have to keep the focus on the kids. The second thing is we have to keep the focus on every child. We cannot afford to leave a single child behind. The third thing is we really have to drive for parental involvement, or adult involvement with every kid to enable them to learn. Somebody has to ask them at the end of the day how their day was at school, what they have to get done, and what they have to get ready for for tomorrow. And the other thing we need to do is what Joe Ray pointed out here, is that every child has the right to go to a school where the only thing that they have to worry about and be afraid of is the test, the next test, the next exam, not about the drugs or the violence that is going on. Every child deserves and has a right to go to a safe and drug-free school, where the only thing they fear is the exam they are going to get in the afternoon and not walking from class to class or from their locker to their next classroom.”