Tom Carroll Quotes (12 Quotes)

In regard to them missing (expectations) by a penny, in our view it is a small and very short-term negative.

Watching the competition, and my brothers compete like this made me think heavily about doing this next year.

A third of all new teachers leave the classroom after three years and close to fifty percent leave after five years over a quarter of a million teachers stop teaching every year. Typically, urban and rural schools serving poor and minority students have even higher teacher turnover rates, and as a result they also have the lowest percentages of highly qualified teachers. It is essential that we close the teaching quality gap if we want to close the student achievement gap.

There is a significant amount of jobs and population in Hamilton County as a result of that agreement.

Currently pedestrians cannot cross between South and North streets at the Main street intersection due to tunnel work. We've been covering the equipment with black tarps when construction work is not underway to lessen the impact, ... Out of sight, out of mind.

Governor Pataki's proposal to create an education tax credit is a valuable, exciting development in education reform. Parents who are most in need of choices in education have a new door opened to them. Programs such as this in a half-dozen other states have spurred millions of dollars in private investment in education and have made a huge difference in the lives of many low-income families.

(The earnings) were pretty much in line with what the company said they would do.

The success stories portrayed in 'Making Schools Work' can provide both inspiration and a road map for policy makers, educators, administrators, and parents to 'revolutionize' their own school systems to raise student achievement.

I think about (closing) all the time. But I put my time into building up the business and I'd rather sell it than just let someone take it over for nothing.

It (the investment) became available to people that Curtis knew and felt like would be good participating investors,

Our bookings are way ahead of where they would normally be in the first quarter (of the year), ... It's been a pleasant surprise, but we still have billboards available.

I would be more concerned about the company's performance. ... I don't care what you call me as long as I'm doing a good job.