Commenting after campaigning in the West of Scotland with list candidate Ross Finnie, George Lyon said:
"Parents in the West of Scotland and across the country told me that they share our ambitions to restore Scotland's reputation for excellence in education.
"They're disappointed with the SNP's failure to cut class sizes, the loss of 3,000 teachers and the delays to school building.
"We want more powers for headteachers, because they're best placed to make decisions about their schools and we are committed to improving the pupil to teacher ratio in our classrooms.
"Over 600,000 young people will benefit from Liberal Democrats' solutions for education in Scotland."