Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt.
Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.
A high-quality public education can build much-needed skills and knowledge. It can help children reach their God-given potential. It can stabilize communities and democracies. It can strengthen economies. It can combat the kind of fear and despair that evolves into hatred.
Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.
Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.
Education enables people and societies to be what they can be.
School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged.
Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.
We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives.