“During the week, my days are consumed with school commitments, play-dates and work for Baby Buggy, a nonprofit I started, which collects kids' gear for parents in need. So on weekends, I look forward to uninterrupted time with my family.” NeedsLooksPlayKidsSchoolParentWeekBabyCommitmentMy FamilyWeekendConsumedGearsNonprofitsPlay Dates Author:Jessica Seinfeld
“Meaningful student involvement is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of school change for the purpose strengthening their commitment to education, community & democracy.” SchoolPurposeProcessCommunityDemocracyStudentsCommitmentPartnersMeaningfulEngagingInvolvementFacetsStrengthening Author:Adam Fletcher
“...education is a sacred thing, and the pledge to build a school is a commitment that cannot be surrendered or broken, regardless of how long it may take, how many obstacles must be surmounted, or how much money it will cost. It is by such promises that the balance sheet of one's life is measured.” MayLongSchoolLife IsBrokenBalancePromiseCostCommitmentSacredObstaclesSheetsPledgeBalance SheetsSacred Things Book:Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan Source: Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan
“My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the experience of working at an exciting art school also spills over into my studio work. I believe most artists are adept at juggling multiple responsibilities - whether it's work, teaching, caring for family members or attending to relationships - with their studio commitment.” BelieveArtSchoolArtistI BelievePresidentResponsibilityInfluenceTeachingDutyMembersCommitmentExcitingStudiosCaringPainterMultipleSpillsFamily MembersAttendingArt SchoolJugglingAdept Author:Stephen Beal
“You move your life across the country and make a commitment to a place, and to a genre, and then you realize that neither the place nor the genre might be what you thought they were going to be, or that the world you thought you were going to find in school doesn't actually exist.” WorldCountryMightSchoolMovingRealizingCommitmentGenre Author:John D'Agata
“We've gotten commitments from medical schools, from nursing schools, to step up and increase that pool of knowledgeable individuals.” SchoolIndividualStepsCommitmentIncreaseMedicalPoolNursingStep UpKnowledgeableMedical SchoolNursing School Author:Michelle Obama
“Also to have someone tell you when you can come and go. When I was faced with that decision, I just drew back on all my past decisions and especially my time in jail that this isn't the road I want to go down. That's why I really made a commitment towards school.” WantMadeSchoolPastDecisionCommitmentMy TimeJailComes And GoesMy PastPast Decisions Author:John Starks
“I grew up on a farm and, prior to my father's murder, I wanted to get away from the farm, and away from South Georgia where the Jim Crow laws absolutely controlled anything and everything we did. So, my goal was to leave once I completed high school. But on the night of my father's murder, I made a commitment that I would not leave the South, that I would stay and devote my life to working for change. So, my father's murder has shaped the course of my life even up to this very day.” SchoolNightGoalHigh SchoolCommitmentMurderGet AwayCrowJim Crow Author:Shirley Sherrod
“Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community.” WellsChildrenHomeSchoolCommunityHabitEatingCommitmentOur ChildrenAccessWell BeingDependentPromotingEating HabitsGood Eating Author:Rod Blagojevich
“From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence.” SchoolStrongEconomyEnvironmentViolenceStreetsMilitaryCommitmentCleanEqualityBrotherhoodStrong WomenHonoredFundingWomen EqualityTrue Equality Author:Paul Tsongas
“Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction, homelessness, a weapon of mass destruction... racism, a weapon of mass destruction, fear, a weapon of mass destruction. We must disarm these weapons and renew our commitment to quality public schools and dedicated teachers and good housing and quality health care and decent jobs and stronger neighborhoods.” CareSchoolJobsQualityPovertyTeacherTeachingHealthWeaponsMassRacismCommitmentDestructionStrongerHealth CareDecentNeighborhoodDedicatedJoblessnessHousingPublic SchoolHomelessnessWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionQuality Health Care Author:Dennis Kucinich
“I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.” LongI CanImportantCountrySchoolTermImagineCommitmentOur CountryLong TermContributionUrbanImprovingPublic SchoolImportant Contributions Author:Eli Broad
“It's very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it. Biodiesel and ethanol are better for the environment and for the air we breathe. The use of biodiesel is a positive step toward minimizing pollutive emissions and greenhouse gases. By focusing on school buses, we can affect the health and wellbeing of the people most susceptible to that pollution - our children - today.” PeopleChildrenLongImportantUseTodaySchoolEnergyTermStepsEnvironmentAirCommitmentOur ChildrenCleanBreatheLong TermBusPollutionEcologyWellbeingEmissionsRenewable EnergySusceptibleGreenhousesClean EnergyGreenhouse GasesMinimizingEthanolSchool BusBiodieselHealth And Wellbeing Author:Julia Roberts
“What is needed now are increased efforts to promote youth participation and commitment; more services aimed at youth; more parental involvement; more education and information, using schools and other sites; more protection for girls, orphaned children and young women;and more partnerships with people with HIV and AIDS.” PeopleChildrenSchoolYoungGirlEffortInformationYouthNeededCommitmentProtectionAidsPartnershipSiteYoung WomenParticipationInvolvementHivParentalHiv AidsParental Involvement Author:Carol Bellamy
“While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure.” InspirationalBelieveSchoolFunnyI BelieveFocusKeysHigh SchoolCommitmentAdministrationReformAccountabilityGraduatesGraduation Author:Ruben Hinojosa
“We go to school and teachers teach us to read and write but nobody teaches us about the purposeful commitment and intentionality it takes to make our marriages healthy and sustain love over a lifetime. Most people seem to think love should "naturally" sustain itself as it did during the beginning of our relationship with each other -but that just isn't realistic.” PeopleThinkingShouldWritingSeemsSchoolTeachTeacherHealthyCommitmentLifetimePreparationRealisticOur RelationshipIntentionalitySchools And Teachers Author:Cindy Wright