Education Quote by Tara Westover

So, I was born and raised the youngest of seven children on this really beautiful mountain in Southern Idaho. But my dad had some…

— Tara Westover

I grew up poor, seventh of ten children with a single mother. We were born distrusting.

— Robby Hoffman

My parents had a small piece of land to earn a living from, but my father always wanted to educate his children.

— Milkha Singh

I was raised by the state of California, and then various families and mentors.

— Frank Shamrock

My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to…

— Sissy Spacek

I trust Colorado families and teachers way more than I trust D.C. central planners who think they know better than parents do.

— Darryl Glenn

All my father's stories were about our mountain, our valley, our jagged little patch of Idaho.

— Tara Westover

We were the first state in America to open our doors to publicly supported higher education. We had the foresight to create the Research…

— Roy Cooper

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner.…

— Harry Reid

My father's side of the family was very active in education.

— Sal Khan

I grew up in a working-class community. I was the first in my family to attend college, thanks in large part to financial aid…

— Miguel Cardona

I was raised in a family where my father was the first one to go to college.

— Jim Gaffigan