Country Quote by Ernest L. Boyer

A nation will prosper to the degree that it honors it's teachers.

— Plato

Without any doubt at all, teacher quality is the fundamental differentiator. Not just, incidentally, of education, but I would argue, probably the biggest single…

— David Puttnam

When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it's in the classrooms of America where…

— Ernest L. Boyer

Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools…

— Thomas Sowell

Education no longer stops on graduation day. We must demand excellence at every level of education.

— William J. Clinton

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only…

— Anonymous

I would urge that the yeast of education is the idea of excellence, and the idea of excellence comprises as many forms as there…

— Jerome Bruner

Education has in America's whole history been the major hope for improving the individual and society.

— Gunnar Myrdal

I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is passionate learning.…

— Tom Peters

Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nation's standing worldwide... and our teachers know that.

— Solomon Ortiz

Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.

— Bill Gates

One way in which Americans have always been exceptional has been in our support for education. First we took the lead in universal primary…

— Paul Krugman