Education Quotes
“What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'”
“State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes.”
-- Arne Duncan
“Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.”
-- Nancy Astor
“Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future.”
-- Carol Bellamy
“Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.”
-- Paul Wellstone
“When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.”
-- Arlen Specter
“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.”
-- Barack Obama