"I am a great fan, supporter and champion of the Cristo Rey model. This is a marvelous program because of what it does for young people in America." -- General Colin Powell

"Cristo Rey is magical. What you see is hope and optimism." -- Melinda Gates The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

"Children gain advantages in maturity when they are exposed to the business world, which grounds them in their future business life. These students are providing value that no one else is...this is a real win-win." -- Sascha Bopp, CEO, Crate and Barrel

"The educational quality of the program is fundamentally different in kind from what anyone else offers because these students are employable. They come in articulate, bright, well dressed, and ready to work. For our part, we have to be good adult influences in their lives. It lifts everyone's game." -- Christopher Connor, CEO, Sherwin-Williams

"The achievement of children should trump all other considerations. If we could use a voucher or tax-credit scholarship to send a child to Cristo Rey, where a much higher percent of graduates go to college than in traditional public schools, why would we not do that?" -- Governor Jeb Bush

"It seems the real purpose of education has been recovered here. The author has told it well, interspersing personal stories among this readable chronicle." -- Mark M. Wilkins, St. Anthony's Messenger