America Quote by Oprah Winfrey

When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.

— Annie Lennox

“I have the impression that our children are much more excited about going to school than children in other countries are. They think of…

— Cheryl Benard quoting Shahla Asad

It's critical that children spend time before they arrive in school in a warm, attractive and inclusive environment, where they can learn through play,…

— Michael Gove

There are a lot of children in our country that, because of their neighborhood or socio-economic status, do not have the opportunity to attend…

— Jared Polis

Going to school is not the same as going shopping. Parents should not be burdened with locating a suitable school for their child. They…

— Diane Ravitch

I went to high schools in four different countries. The gift is that you can constantly reinvent yourself. I still feel that freedom. One…

— Hannah Simone

When you go somewhere like Kenya and you see how the children don't have pencils and pens, and all of these things are considered…

— Naomie Harris

I've been visiting community centres and schools for 20-plus years and what I've seen is that kids are kids, they want to learn. They…

— Adam Goodes

In some suburban schools, the curriculum is chock-full of rigorous A.P. courses and the parking lot glitters with pricey SUVs, but one doesn't have…

— Alfie Kohn

We need schools to force kids to learn things they have no use for.

— Daniel Quinn

The trouble is not that schools don't work; they do. They're excellent machines for achieving historically accepted purposes. In suburban schools are children of…

— Jonathan Kozol

Children don't need learning. They need access to what they want to learn outside the home.

— Daniel Quinn