If we're going to have standards in schools, let's be honest and have standards.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.
Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
When the world becomes standard, I will start caring about standards.
The standards to get in are very high. We don't want to lower those standards.
Not everyone's high standards have to be the same thing.
Education standards need to be set at the state level. High standards are an important way to ensure that the education system we are funding is actually working and producing, at a minimum, what we would expect it to.
Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.
Classrooms cannot and should not be coerced into adopting federal academic standards. That's not just my belief; it's federal law.
Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.
The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.