Achievement Quote by J. Philippe Rushton

I think for what success looks like for me, it is a world in which you can look at the achievement scores, the academic…

— Michelle Rhee

“Since the 1960s, the national “average” of U.S. students on international tests has been middling to poor at best. Yet, the nation experienced unprecedented…

— Terry Marselle

The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money to the…

— John Stossel

If a country puts its entire focus on making sure that the education system improves, then that's the kind of progress that you can…

— Michelle Rhee

The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher.

— Harry Wong

“works. Individual students can expect their incomes to rise roughly 8 to 12 percent for each additional year of school they complete. Nations, however,…

— Kevin Simler

When you compare individuals, rather than countries, you find that education improves both income and the quality of life.

— Abhijit Banerjee

All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Education equals economic growth.

— Julia Gillard

“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

We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading…

— Barack Obama

The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase the achievement of children from weak educational backgrounds with…

— James S. Coleman