19 Quotes by Jack Jennings

One benefit of the law is that it gives schools the authority to do things they've wanted to do for a long time but couldn't.

If the home is not reinforcing reading, it is much more difficult to learn it in school, ... Reading scores don't just measure schools. They're also a reflection of the values societies or families put on reading.

We have to ask the question whether No Child Left Behind is slowing down progress.

It is an interesting case. It's interesting because a judge has to consider the fact that this is a state that's suing. It's not a school district. It's not a teacher's union. It's the state of Connecticut. So that adds a lot more gravity to the lawsuit.

Right now, you're not seeing radical restructuring. States are being very cautious.

Narrowing the curriculum has clearly become a nationwide pattern.

Math achievement is going up in the United States in the long term, ... It is not, however, where kids in the United States ought to be.

The rate of improvement was faster before the law. There's a question as to whether No Child is slowing down our progress nationwide.

The president is not going to back down on No Child Left Behind. That means these testing companies are going to have to improve very quickly, which will probably mean they'll have to charge the states more.