“The experts spent a great deal of time and study working out a formula which would be fair to every State and fair to every county and fair to every child, and would put the education dollar where that dollar is needed most, now.” ChildrenStatesWould BeDealsEducationStudyNeededFairsDollarsWork OutExpertsFormulasCounty Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.” ThinkingLifeFactsDreamKidsReadingChanceDealsEducationInspirational LifeGrew Author:Bill Gates
“I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning, for that is sure good. I would let him at first read any English book which happens to engage his attention; because you have done a great deal when you have brought him to have entertainment from a book. He'll get better books afterwards.” FirstsBookDoneHappensDealsAttentionEducationBoysEntertainmentGet Better Author:Samuel Johnson
“Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end, in infancy. Or we can wait and jail a troubled adolescent at the tail end. To some extent, we face a choice between investing in preschools or in prisons.” LooksEndsRealityFacesChoicesPoliticsWaitingCommunityJusticeMoneyDealsEducationPovertyHistoryGenerationsFrontsHuman NaturePolicyEqualEthicsStrategyPrisonInvestingIdeologyJailTailsEqual RightsInfancyPathologyFood Stamps Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“The biggest dilemma in education today is the differing visions of what an educated person means. To do well on tests is often more important than helping young people really be prepared to deal with the tests of life.” PeopleWellsMeanPersonsImportantHelpingTodayYoungDealsEducationVisionTestsPreparedEducatedBe PreparedDilemmaEducated PersonEducation Today Author:Linda Lantieri
“To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.” DealsEducationIssuesEducatedGutsDivides Author:Caroline Kennedy
“There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.” MenWantInspirationalBookReadingDifferencesDealsEducationTiredReading BooksBook ReadingBooks And ReadingInspiring BookInspiring Reading Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build a lot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities.” IfsMeanChildrenSchoolReadingNationsJusticeDealsEducationDiversitySocial JusticeSuicidePrisonInequalityDescriptionMore MoneyBentLiteracy Author:Jonathan Kozol