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
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
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
“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
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
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
If you help disabled children, it's very appealing. If you help kids with cancer, those are the things you get credit for… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
For more than 40 years, I have advocated the creation of a 'round the clock' community. This would mean, at the least,… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
In the U.K. there is still work to be done, particularly in schools, stopping the homophobic bullies in the playground and introducing… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and sisters first went… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
What we're doing now is we're saying that individual schools can spend the money on their own priorities, so that head teachers… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important… — Lynda Resnick Copy Share Image
The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant… — Henry Louis Mencken Copy Share Image
Growing up in Augusta in such a protected and loving community is something that I really enjoy talking about. I love talking… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no use… — Jane Asher Copy Share Image
It was very important for me to touch on things that haven't changed, like schools. I'm in Cleveland, Ohio. My lady's from… — Anthony Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'm all for 'tools,' not 'schools,' of therapy. To me, the schools of therapy compete much like religions, or even cults, all… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
In the old days, before there was such a thing as film schools, directors learned the camera by watching other directors, and… — Don Ameche Copy Share Image
Well I've been crystal clear that we should not have schools which are set up by extremists whether they're Christian fundamentalists, Islamic… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
“1. Bullying is not okay. Period. 2. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just dont take that into account in schools… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
When I tell people I work to stop hazing in high schools I am almost always met with shocked expressions. 'High school?… — Rosalind Wiseman Copy Share Image
In taking action we must remember that the things which are happening to the Jews today are but a part of the… — Louis Finkelstein Copy Share Image
All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from… — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Also, because schools must teach the spirit of goodwill, the habit of helping others around you, every class should have this rule:… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
As public schools deteriorate, the upper-middle class and wealthy send their kids to private ones. As public pools and playgrounds decay, the… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
They already know all about brands... but what 16- and 17-year-olds won't necessarily have is experience of the world of work. The… — Philip Green Copy Share Image
Attention is the fundamental instrument we use for learning, thinking, communicating, deciding, yet neither parents nor schools spend any time helping young… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
In contemporary art culture, where good looks and clever strategic planning of art careers have become a feature, professional practice may be… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
If we don't figure out a way to create equity, real equity, of opportunity and access, to good schools, housing, health care,… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
“Every political leader says education is their #1 priority. Yet the relentless slashing of school budgets tells a truer story of the… — Stan Levenson Copy Share Image
Not only do African students deserve excellent universities, they deserve good elementary and secondary schools, too - and then, to have access… — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
“The first ring glowed in the distance, lit up by consumerism that was brought to Jakarta courtesy of western cultures and Christian… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing.… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
I got into Goldman really by acquisition because I had gone - I grew up in east New York in the Linden… — Lloyd Blankfein Copy Share Image
I've seen schools in Detroit where the windows are broken, where there's no heat, and children are sitting with their coats on… — Ruby Bridges Copy Share Image
