Educational Quotes - page 3

All of the factors that make up a quality city - safe streets, high paying jobs, strong neighborhoods, etc. - emanate from a strong educational premise. (Alan Autry)
Whether it's making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or making sure that our children receive the best educational opportunities we can give them, we must remain committed to these needs because our children are our future. View quote
Blanche Lincoln
Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources. View quote
Bobby Scott
So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues. View quote
Bobby Scott
The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled. View quote
Bobby Scott
That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the minority, and which from an educational standpoint shall be satisfactory to the advisory board. View quote
Charles Tupper
In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children. View quote
Charles W. Pickering
Truly, the challenges we face are not Democratic challenges or Republican challenges. In fact, they are not political challenges at all; they are fiscal challenges, and educational challenges, and the challenges of figuring out how to take care of each other. View quote
Christine Gregoire
As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power. View quote
Douglas Hyde
Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life. View quote
E. Franklin Frazier
I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out. (Ellen Ochoa)
I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn't grow up with the same privileges I had?' View quote
Erin Gruwell
Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system. View quote
Ed Markey
Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious students engaged in professional studies; my sister became a doctor of medicine and my brothers became lawyers. View quote
Frederick Reines
I grew up between the two world wars and received a rather solid general education, the kind middle class children enjoyed in a country whose educational system had its roots dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. View quote
George Andrew Olah
Our educational system is like an automobile which has strong rear lights, brightly illuminating the past. But looking forward things are barely discernible. View quote
Hermann Oberth
The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the school board. View quote
James S. Coleman
My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18, that was an early equivalent of educational television. Sunday afternoon kind of variety art show. View quote
John Sebastian
For the longest time, you couldn't even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world. View quote
Jon Scieszka
The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they are, whatever their educational background, whatever their age or their needs - is welcome. View quote
Kate Mosse
I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology. (Major Owens)
I do not think we are ever going to be able to, for a long time, get the kind of quality of school personnel that we need in our schools, especially in the areas of science and math. One of the answers to that problem is to use more educational technology. View quote
Major Owens
I became interested in educational technologies because I believe that they have the potential to transform how we practice and think about education and learning. View quote
Mitchel Resnick
Jamaica is more than just the 'brand' the world recognizes so well; it's a place of pride for the people who live here, its educational institutions, its sports achievements, its science and technology growth. View quote
Portia Simpson-Miller
For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play. View quote
Penelope Leach