Many families move to Ilford North because of our…

I feel very lucky to be part of our Labour family in Ilford North, where we conduct our debates in an inclusive and supportive…

— Wes Streeting

You cannot have excellent schools unless you have well-motivated heads and teachers.

— Damian Green

“high-reactive child’s ideal parent: someone who “can read your cues and respect your individuality; is warm and firm in placing demands on you without…

— Susan Cain

“If young people are exposed to images of African American academic achievement in their early years, they won’t have to define school achievement as…

— Beverly Daniel Tatum

What college is all about is some kind of 4-year game about who is going to end up with the highest grades. And I…

— Derek Bok

Men do really dumb things. We see weapons of mass destruction where there are none. We over-emphasize sports. We place athletic achievement ahead of…

— Jason Whitlock

We found out that the young people who had a substantial number of lessons in the Resolving Conflict Creatively Curriculum ... not only did…

— Linda Lantieri

Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got…

— Caroline Knapp

“I've come to believe in my bones that children - especially children in poverty - are desperate for an education to help them discover…

— Shanna Peeples

“Although you set your goal of getting a B, when your first exam score, worth 30% of your final grade is returned, you have…

— Daniel Goleman

With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“Educators and psychologists have a mantra these days: No matter how hectic the schedules of your family members may be, make time to have…

— Julie Lythcott-Haims

“My longitudinal studies show these three virtue clusters predict different outcomes. For academic achievement, including stellar report card grades, the cluster containing grit is…

— Angela Duckworth

“I’m Briana Fallon. Do you have a conventional first name, too, or did your parents anticipate your future academic achievements when they picked your…

— Marko Kloos

When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most…

— Sheryl Sandberg