Roderick Paige

“To close the achievement gap, we have to be honest about it. We have to be willing to measure it.”

“Parental involvement is the silver bullet for education reform.”

“Choice and competition are the keys to improving the quality of our schools.”

“Education is a matter of civil rights. It is the great engine of opportunity.”

“We should not, and we cannot, let the soft bigotry of low expectations curriculum and keep our children down.”

“The heart of the No Child Left Behind Act is its insistence that every child can learn and that every school must teach.”

“We can't afford to leave any child behind. We can't afford to have a society where some children are educated and some are not.”

“We need more than just good intentions to improve our schools; we need good data.”

“A knowledgeable citizen is a powerful citizen, and a powerful citizenry is the engine of a free and democratic society.”

“Accountability is a partnership between the school, the parent, the student, and the community.”

“Reading is the foundation for all learning. A child who can read is a child who can learn.”