We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
We need sex education in schools, but we need it at home first. We need parents to learn the names of the… — Rod McKuen Copy Share Image
When I see a serious problem, I try to figure out, my way, how to solve it, how to fix it. When… — Sam Childers Copy Share Image
I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
“All over the world there are students, teachers and parents that face serious challenges every day. They need help with real problems… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
I'm very, very concerned ultimately, as Medicaid costs increase in my state and most states, it's going to reduce funding for state… — Dave Heineman Copy Share Image
I first played the Royal Albert Hall when I was 14. I was a violinist with the Birmingham Schools Concert Orchestra, and… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
Many psychopaths describe the traditional treatment programmes as finishing schools where they hone their skills. Where they find out that there are… — Robert D. Hare Copy Share Image
In Barack Obama, we have a great education president who is rebuilding America. His Race to the Top program is doing more… — Jim Hunt Copy Share Image
It is a sad commentary that today we face a choice between having schools that are a monument to our past -… — Ted Kulongoski Copy Share Image
In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test… — Sugata Mitra Copy Share Image
As a complete product of Issaquah public schools, there is absolutely no way I would be here if I didn't have well-funded… — David Call Copy Share Image
The religious neutrality in our schools is, I would argue, one of our strengths. Teachers cannot inhibit or deride religion. But this… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890) was an England reformer. His words are true and relevant in 2025. He said, “There is a moral… — Shafter Bailey Copy Share Image
Not only does neoliberalism undermine both civic education and public values and confuse education with training, it also treats knowledge as a… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
When I was superintendent of Denver Public Schools, I saw the potential of some of our best and brightest students cut short,… — Michael Bennet Copy Share Image
The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
In Greenville, we were blessed to have lots of youth arts programs. I changed middle schools to go to an arts middle… — Danielle Brooks Copy Share Image
When I was little, we moved around a lot, actually. In second grade, I think I went to three different schools. We… — Emily Kinney Copy Share Image
It is possible to take a population of students who are failing and whose schools are failing them, who are being written… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
Weapons of mass destruction violate more than individual lives - they cross international borders and jeopardize all people. They also drain resources… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Schools still operate as if all knowledge is contained in books, and as if the salient points in books must be stored… — Sugata Mitra Copy Share Image
In elementary school, we all say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.' In high… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
I have enjoyed great satisfaction from my climb of Everest and my trips to the poles. But there's no doubt that my… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
My own kids were with me in Berlin when Germany was reunited, and they were with me in Moscow when the Soviet… — Serge Schmemann Copy Share Image
My days are filled with writing, reading, and being a mom. Some days, I get to visit schools around the country and… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
I always wished I could move around and switch schools. It was hard to have these radical transformations. You'd think, 'I will… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In 'Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education' and 'Why A Students Work for C Students,' I reveal the secrets of the… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I got to college and saw all of my friends going to these other schools and thought, 'You know, college is just… — Masi Oka Copy Share Image
I had done student films for the School Of Visual Arts and for NYU and all these schools in New York, so… — Guillermo Diaz Copy Share Image
I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was… — Bronagh Gallagher Copy Share Image
You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey,… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
At various points, I've had a massive chip on me shoulder. I had fights about me accent with loads of those fellers… — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
I first considered writing 'New York' in 1991. I'd been in the city for a decade, was married to an American wife,… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
As a civil servant in charge of the government's Strategy Unit, I brought in many people from outside government, including academia and… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
If you pay a child a dollar to read a book, as some schools have tried, you not only create an expectation… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
The discipline, particularly in these urban schools for the poor, it's not controlled by the administration - they're controlled by the police.… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I was in a bookstore one afternoon, and I stumbled across this book called 'A Guide to Film Schools.' I always loved… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
When state funding for Irvine public schools began to diminish some time ago, my Irvine Company colleagues helped me to provide private… — Donald Bren Copy Share Image
