“In the end, all new schools, public or private, snobby or not, add value to the education market, making it bigger and more efficient, in the same way that Zuckerberg added wealth to the economy even for non-Facebook fans.” WayEndsSchoolValuesWealthEconomyFansBiggerAddEfficientZuckerbergSnobby Author:Amity Shlaes
“Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.” SchoolAmericaTechnologyEconomyComfortStandardsScientistSafetyMilesCompromiseFuelVehicleEngineeringGallonsMitFuel Economy Author:Ed Markey
“Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think. Tuition fee increases are a disciplinary technique, and by the time students graduate, they are not only loaded with debt, but have also internalized the disciplinarian culture. This makes them efficient components of the consumer economy.” PeopleThinkingSchoolCultureEconomyStudentsIncreaseDebtTechniqueConsumersAcquireGraduatesEfficientTrapsComponentsUnlikelyLoadedFeesTime To ThinkTuition Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think the big challenge that we've got on education is making sure that from kindergarten or prekindergarten through your 14th or 15th year of school, or 16th year of school, or 20th year of school, that you are actually learning the kinds of skills that make you competitive and productive in a modern, technological economy.” ThinkingYearsKindBigsSchoolChallengesEconomyModernSkillsProductiveTechnologicalKindergartenBig Challenges Author:Barack Obama
“If we are to transition to a new economy and to lead it, we must start by transforming our schools.” IfsSchoolEconomyTransitionTransforming Author:Tom Vilsack
“American [public] schools are failing because they are organized according to a bureaucratic, monopolistic model; their organizing principle is basically the same as that of a socialist economy.” SchoolPrinciplesEconomyFailingModelsOrganizedSocialistPublic SchoolSocialist Economy Author:David Boaz
“Have I ever remarked on how completely ridiculous it is to ask high school students to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives and give them nearly no support in doing so? Support like, say, spending a day apiece watching twenty different jobs and then another week at their top three choices, with salary charts and projections and probabilities of graduating that subject given their test scores? The more so considering this is a central allocation question for the entire economy?” WantGivingDifferentSchoolJobsChoicesThreeAsksGivenSupportEconomyWeekSubjectsStudentsHigh SchoolTestsTwentiesSpendingRidiculousScoreGraduatesConsideringProbabilitySalaryProjectionDifferent JobsAllocationHigh School StudentsTest Scores Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“We forget today that Britain still depends for its livelihood and, indeed, its day-to-day survival, on the sea. But the Royal Navy is now pitifully small and has been reduced in size by the current Government, seeking economies to finance its social programmes. Fine while there is no threat to our security. But what use would schools and hospitals be if we could not protect our imports?” IfsHas BeensStillsUseGovernmentTodaySchoolSocialForgetEconomySeaSecurityFineDependsProtectSurvivalThreatSizeCurrentsSeekingFinanceBritainHospitalsDay To DayRoyalNavyProgrammesLivelihoodImportsRoyal Navy Author:John Keegan
“Whoso turns his attention to the bitter strifes of these days and seeks a reason for the troubles that vex public and private life must come to the conclusion that a fruitful cause of the evils which now afflict, as well as of those which threaten us, lies in this: that false conclusions concerning divine and human things, which originated in the schools of philosophy, have crept into all the orders of the state, and have been accepted by the common consent of the masses.” HumansWellsHas BeensStatesReasonPhilosophySchoolLyingOrderTurnsEvilPoliticsCausesCommonAttentionEconomyTroubleDivineMassAcceptedConclusionBitterThese DaysLiberalismConsentPrivate LifeVex Author:Pope Leo XIII
“The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.” ThinkingWisdomSchoolPoliticsAbilityResultsEconomyGenerationsWesternLiberalismComing Out Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.” NeedsGivingRealitySchoolOpportunityEconomyStudentsCollegeSucceedExpectationsHigh SchoolToolsIncludingEntrancesExamGlobal EconomyWorld Economy Author:Jennifer Granholm
“Healthy children are more likely to attend school and are better able to learn. Healthy workers are more productive. More productive economies mean greater stability in developing countries and improved security in the West.” MeanChildrenCountryAbleSchoolEconomyGreaterSecurityHealthyWestWorkersDevelopingProductiveStabilityDeveloping CountriesHealthy Children Author:Seth Berkley
“The other way that you democratize the food movement is through the public school system. If you can pay enough for the school lunch system so that it can actually be cooked and not just microwaved, so that these schools can buy local food, fresh food, because right now it's all frozen and processed, you will improve the health of the students, you will improve the health of the local economy, and you will have better performing students.” IfsWayEnoughSchoolPayEconomyMovementStudentsRight NowLocalsPerformingLunchFrozenPublic SchoolSchool SystemFresh FoodLocal FoodSchool Lunch Author:Michael Pollan
“Ninety-nine percent of everyday things are things we don't need - that goes for regular visits to the hairdresser just as it does for clothing. What would it mean if we all consumed 20 percent less? It would be catastrophic. It would mean 20 percent less jobs, 20 percent less taxes, 20 percent less money for schools, doctors, roads. The global economy would collapse.” IfsNeedsMeanDoeWould BeSchoolJobsEconomyTaxesPercentDoctorsEverydayNineClothingsCollapseNinetyConsumedGlobal EconomyNinety NineHairdresserEveryday Things Author:Karl-Johan Persson
“I can't really blame a lot of young sisters and brothers who believe that education has anything to offer them. Because as a matter of fact, it has nothing to offer them. Suppose they do get a high school diploma that is meaningful. What kind of job is awaiting them. The jobs that used to be available to working class people are not there as a result of the de-industrialization of this economy.” PeopleBelieveKindI CanMatterFactsSchoolJobsYoungUsedResultsClassEconomyBrotherOffersHigh SchoolBlameAvailableMeaningfulUsed To BeWorking ClassBrothers And SistersMatter Of FactDiplomaIndustrializationHigh School Diploma Author:Angela Davis
“Women play a couple of roles. They are in professional schools and increasingly producing the talent to keep the engines of the economy growing, but they're also the nurturers and the caregivers.” PlaySchoolRolesEconomyGrowingTalentCoupleEnginesCaregivers Author:Indra Nooyi
“The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.” MatterHomeHandsGovernmentRunningSchoolParentCan DoNumbersAttitudeEconomyTakenGrowingWonderfulExamplePhenomenonPublic SchoolSchoolingCan Do AttitudeDisenchanted Book:A New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America Source: A New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America
“Our government is committed to helping our young people develop the skills and training they need to succeed. Through our Summer Company program, students can launch a business, become employers, and gain an advantage in the highly competitive global economy - all while still in school.” PeopleNeedsStillsHelpingGovernmentSchoolYoungCompanyEconomyStudentsSucceedSkillsSummerTrainingGainsAdvantageProgramCommittedEmployersGlobal Economy Author:Brad Duguid
“Our current expectations for what our students should learn in school were set fifty years ago to meet the needs of an economy based on manufacturing and agriculture. We now have an economy based on knowledge and technology.” NeedsShouldYearsSchoolTechnologyEconomyStudentsExpectationsYears AgoCurrentsAgricultureManufacturing Author:Bill Gates
“We must have an economy that does not force the migrant worker's child to miss school in order to earn...just so the family can eat. That is the moral bankruptcy that trickle-down economics is all about.” ChildrenDoeSchoolOrderForceMoralEconomyMissingEconomicsWorkersBankruptcyMigrantsTrickle DownTrickle Down EconomicsMigrant Workers Author:Barbara Jordan
“I don't know about you, but I've saved cards that old high school flames wrote me as well as those that employees have written me over the years. The power of genuine, customized appreciation will never lose its value, even in a gloomy economy... in fact, it's probably what we're all thirsty for in this desert of a depression.” KnowsYearsWellsFactsSchoolValuesLosesEconomyWrittenHigh SchoolAppreciationSavedGenuineCardsDesertFlamesEmployeeGloomyThirsty Author:Chip Conley