“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The three filters [against folly] operate through these particular questions: Literacy: What are the words? Numeracy: What are the numbers? Ecolacy: And… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
“Before Gutenberg, libraries were small -- the Cambridge University library had only 122 volumes in 1424, for instance; after Gutenberg literacy became widespread.” — Larry Stone Copy Share Image
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as… — William James Copy Share Image
Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity… — Bob Ney Copy Share Image
We must have an expansionary vision, one that captures the imagination and diversity of the whole community, one which benefits a nation… — Bob Brown Copy Share Image
Creativity is as important as literacy and numeracy, and I actually think people understand that creativity is important - they just don't… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Don't cut up your credit cards, the problem is not the cards, it's the lack of financial literacy of the person holding… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation… — Mihai Nadin Copy Share Image
No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“Our own lives are filled with experiences and beliefs that are peculiar to our culture, and would seem bizarre to anyone outside… — Darren Oldridge Copy Share Image
“The skill, the art of literacy is a gift. To read is to watch in your mind as a single word explodes… — Stephen Cosgrove Copy Share Image
Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be… — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
They have an amazing proliferation of TV channels now: The all-cartoon channel, the 24-hour-science fiction channel. Of course, to make room for… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
We will depend on American students who can turn their literacy in coding and computer science into creative solutions that address the… — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
My work to promote education and literacy in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan has become my life's mission. This takes a… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
The need for the creation of collective art and ritual on a nonclerical basis is at least as important as literacy and… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
As the child approaches a new text he is entitled to an introduction so that when he reads, the gist of the...… — Marie Clay Copy Share Image
Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We read to our kids at bedtime because we want to have literacy, but what are we doing to make sure kids… — Donna Strickland Copy Share Image
The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Children not only have to learn what their parents learned in school, but also have to learn how to learn. This has… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The reason literacy is important is that literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Making accessible games opens up the world of digital play to people living with disability, or even simply people who lack the… — Zoe Quinn Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Video games provide an easy lead-in to computer literacy. They can get you thinking like a video game designer and can even… — James Paul Gee Copy Share Image
A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal… — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
Numeracy: 1. The art of putting numbers to things, that is, assigning amounts to variables in order that practical decisions may be… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy,… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Literacy is the door to knowledge, essential to individual self-esteem and empowerment. Books, in all forms, play an essential role here. — Irina Bokova Copy Share Image
I realized that every lesson, conference, response, and assignment I taught must lead students away from me and toward their autonomy as… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
It is intolerable that around 1 in 5 of the world's adults are illiterate. How can we build equitable information societies or… — Koichiro Matsuura Copy Share Image
Grammar is what gives sense to language … sentences make words yield up their meaning. Sentences actively create sense in language. And… — David Crystal Copy Share Image