Children Quote by Michael Bennet

Making sure children from all backgrounds learn about opportunities that are usually available to a few, is an inspiring vision of what our schools…

— Liz Kendall

“I've learned the best reason to take children on the road: children learn and understand how to behave by being exposed to new situations…

— Rafe Esquith

The impact of poverty on our kids and their learning. That's something I've understood pretty intimately throughout my career as an educator.

— Jamaal Bowman

We need to build on what we know works - local oversight of schools to keep a check on performance, timely interventions in schools…

— David Blunkett

Study after study affirms what I saw in the classroom every day as superintendent of Denver Public Schools: Nothing makes a bigger difference for…

— Michael Bennet

Being superintendent or the superintendent's chief of staff is important work, but there's no chance it's as difficult as being a teacher, and I…

— Timothy Noah

I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which…

— Ida B. Wells

If I've learned anything in my career as an educator, it's this: With the right support, students are remarkably resilient.

— Miguel Cardona

As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people.

— Ben Bernanke

I'd listened to my colleagues in the teachers' lunchroom. I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and…

— Charles Best

When I began teaching, my colleagues and I quickly realized that our students didn't have access to the same resources we had growing up.…

— Charles Best

I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race. We have…

— George Lucas