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The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This

The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.

Eli Broad
Teacher, School, Practice

I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.

Eli Broad
Country, School, Commitment

You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.

Eli Broad
Teacher, School, Ifs

Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.

Eli Broad
School, Giving, United States

School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.

Eli Broad
Teacher, School, Practice
Eli Broad (2012). “The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking”, p.140, John Wiley & Sons

I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.

Eli Broad
School, America, Michigan

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

Eli Broad
Summer, Dream, School

In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.

Eli Broad
Teacher, School, Want

School boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about.

Eli Broad
School, People, Office
"Online Extra: Q&A with Eli Broad". Interview with John A. Byrne, www.bloomberg.com. December 2, 2002.

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