21st century Quote by Niall Ferguson

Because present procedures by design favor the affluent, the poor are being increasingly marginalized. And because the poor are so marginalized, they can exert…

— Thomas Pogge

“Infrastructure eventually becomes obsolete, but education perpetuates itself as one smart generation teaches the next. In the United States and Europe, industrialization rarely encouraged…

— Edward L. Glaeser

Economic development and poverty alleviation are so complicated that I don't think there's a single background or a single discipline that is sufficient to…

— Jim Yong Kim

We know at lot more now than the 'last time around the 1960s and 1970s - about how to work for smart schools... '…

— David Perkins

Through the Committee on Education and the Workforce, we need to ensure we are educating a future generation to achieve a workforce for the…

— Matt Salmon

There are a lot of things that can be done within the framework of existing institutions which would be very valuable for people.

— Noam Chomsky

The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and…

— C. S. Lewis

I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the…

— Joseph Lancaster

Hardworking, passionate teachers know their students' needs better than anyone else in the school environment. If we can tap into their needs, we can…

— Charles Best

The poverty we see in America is now too widespread, and too complex, for easy fixes. But I do think we can reimagine many…

— Sasha Abramsky

We will be able to achieve a just and prosperous society only when our schools ensure that everyone commands enough shared background knowledge to…

— Edward Hirsch

I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by definition, and I…

— Nick McDonell