“Our parents and grandparents understood this truth deeply. They believed - as we do - that to create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments: educating, innovating and rebuilding for our children's future. Building an economy to last, from the middle class up, not from the billionaires down.” ChildrenJobsLastsParentClassEconomyModernMiddleBuildingUnderstoodOur ChildrenInvestmentMiddle ClassGrandparentBillionaireRebuildingParents And Grandparents Author:Martin O'Malley
“The Assembly passed a budget that makes the right choices for young students across the state by helping schools avoid cutting essential educational programs, laying off teachers and increasing local property taxes. Without a sound investment in our children and their education, New York would face crumbling school buildings, overcrowded classrooms, and few opportunities to excel.” ChildrenStatesHelpingSchoolFacesYoungChoicesOpportunitySoundTeacherCuttingNew YorkStudentsBuildingTaxesEssentialsProgramOur ChildrenPropertyInvestmentEducationalLocalsBudgetsClassroomAssemblyRight ChoicesCrumblingMake The Right ChoiceYoung StudentsProperty TaxesEducational ProgramsSchool Buildings Author:Jose Peralta
“I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do not want to see our children killed. Maybe I am completely idealistic, but until we see women in equal positions of power in the world, I just think that we are doomed.” IfsThinkingWorldWantChildrenWould BeRunningPositionEqualOur ChildrenInvestmentHonestlyDoomedIdealisticPosition Of Power Author:Meryl Streep
“What is most disturbing today is that we use rational methods to cultivate the tastes and values of the young in all kinds of educational, religious, and cultural institutions that are predicated on corporate practices and goals. Everything we do to, with, and for our children is influenced by capitalist market conditions and the hegemonic interests of ruling corporate elites. In simple terms, we calculate what is best for our children by regarding them as investments and turning them into commodities.” KindChildrenUseTodayYoungValuesGoalTermInterestReligiousSimplePracticeConditionsTasteOur ChildrenMethodInstitutionsInvestmentEducationalRationalAll KindsCorporateCapitalistElitesCommodityRulingDisturbing Author:Jack Zipes
“The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, on the National Institutes of Health, where you are hindering growth, you're no going to reduce the deficit.” IfsChildrenIdeasGrowthCuttingOur ChildrenInvestmentSpendingWhere You AreDeficitInstituteBad IdeasInstitutesSpending Cuts Author:Nancy Pelosi
“We invest in things like the future, like our children, like education. In other words, we invest in things that we understand we will not see an immediate return of investment but everybody knows it will have a positive impact and you can easily measure it over the course of time. Your why is exactly the same thing.” KnowsChildrenCoursesReturnOur ChildrenImpactInvestmentPositive Impact Author:Simon Sinek
“How would you like your child in kindergarten through 12th grade attending classes with kids who can't read, write, speak or understand English -- or American education values? Furthermore, how would you feel if those students felt zero investment in education, in English and the American way? How would you like your child's education dumbed down to that of a classroom from the Third World? Guess what? Today, if you're a parent of a child in thousands of classrooms across America, that's what's happening to your children with your tax dollars.” IfsWorldWayFeelsWritingChildrenKidsTodayAmericaValuesSpeakFeltParentClassStudentsLike YouTaxesHappeningsThirdsOur ChildrenDollarsInvestmentYour ChildrenGradesZeroClassroomThird WorldAttendingKindergartenAmerican EducationTax DollarsInvestment In Education Author:Frosty Wooldridge
“Investments in immunization yield a rate of return on a par with educating our children - and higher than nearly any other development intervention.” ChildrenDevelopmentReturnHigherOur ChildrenInvestmentRateYieldInterventionImmunization Author:Seth Berkley
“The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.” WayChildrenFunnyInspiringMoneyLearningStupidOur ChildrenInvestmentSavingYour ChildrenSavingsFunny MoneyWise MoneyOld Money Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“The best gift, and investment, you can give your child is your time” GivingChildrenOur ChildrenParentingInvestmentYour ChildrenBest Gift Author:Kevin Heath
“Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.” ChildrenHappensResultsCompassionViolenceSocietySecurityCitizensOur ChildrenSafetyInvestmentVulnerableMy ChildrenCollectivesOur SocietyConsensusSafety And Security Author:Nelson Mandela