“I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race. We have to plan for our collective future - and the first step begins with the social, emotional, and intellectual tools we provide to our children. As humans, our greatest tool for survival is our ability to think and to adapt - as educators, storytellers, and communicators our responsibility is to continue to do so.” ThinkingFirstsHumansChildrenSocialWealthAbilityRaceResponsibilityStepsPlansEmotionalKeysSurvivalIntellectualToolsOur ChildrenMajorityHuman RaceCollectivesFirst StepsImprovingStorytellerEducatorCommunicators Author:George Lucas
“If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.” IfsChildrenEducationCreativityCreativeNeededInvolvedToolsIntelligentOur ChildrenEducationalMasteryLiteracy Author:Danny Glover
“At long last I have discovered that most shooters are not interested in firearms as tools, but rather as toys. Such people do not acquire their weapons because of what they will do, but rather to gratify the "Christmas morning joy" that we largely left behind in our childhood.” PeopleLongLastsJoyLeftBehindsMorningChildhoodWeaponsToolsOur ChildrenAcquireToysNot InterestedLeft BehindFirearmsShooterChristmas Morning Author:Jeff Cooper
“I believe that if we are to survive as a planet, we must teach this next generation to handle their own conflicts assertively andnonviolently. If in their early years our children learn to listen to all sides of the story, use their heads and then their mouths, and come up with a plan and share, then, when they become our leaders, and some of them will, they will have the tools to handle global problems and conflict.” IfsYearsBelieveChildrenStoriesUseProblemNextI BelieveSidesLeaderTeachPlansGenerationsSharePlanetsConflictMouthsToolsOur ChildrenCome UpHandleNext Generation Author:Barbara Coloroso
“A child is not a bargaining chip or a learning tool. Your focus, if you adopt a child of a different race, should be on nurturing and protecting your child from bigotry, not deploying him or her as an anti-racist Mr. Fix-It.” IfsShouldChildrenDifferentRaceFocusToolsOur ChildrenYour ChildrenRacistBigotryChipsNurturingBargainingDifferent RacesAnti RacistDeploying Author:Mallory Ortberg
“...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can read to them, talk to them about what they're reading, and make time for this by turning off the television set ourselves. Libraries are a critical tool to help parents do this.” ChildrenHelpingKidsReadingEnergyParentStepsTelevisionToolsOur ChildrenLibraryCriticalMaking TimeChildren LoveLove Of Reading Author:Barack Obama
“It's never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride and self-respect. Teach them how to save it and they learn security and self-worth. Teach them how to be generous with it and they learn love.” ChildrenSelfTeachSecurityPrideToolsOur ChildrenPossessionSelf WorthYour ChildrenGenerousSelf RespectLove Of Money Author:Judith Jamison
“Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us the language and tools of probabilities. We have methods for analyzing and ranking opinion according to their likelihood of correctness. That is enough.” ChildrenEnoughLanguageGivenOpinionTeachHumilityToolsOur ChildrenMethodCertaintyUncertaintyTolerateProbabilityCorrectnessLikelihoodAnalyzingRanking Author:Robert A. Burton
“And when it comes to developing the high standards we need, it's time to stop working against our teachers and start working with them. Teachers don't go in to education to get rich. They don't go in to education because they don't believe in their children. They want their children to succeed, but we've got to give them the tools. Invest in early childhood education. Invest in our teachers and our children will succeed.” WantNeedsGivingBelieveChildrenEducationRichTeacherChildhoodSucceedStandardsToolsOur ChildrenDon't BelieveDevelopingGet RichHigh StandardsEarly ChildhoodEarly Childhood Education Author:Barack Obama
“I believe education is the great equalizer. Our children are our hope for the future, so we have an obligation to provide them with the tools to succeed. There is no more powerful tool than knowledge.” BelieveChildrenI BelievePowerfulSucceedToolsOur ChildrenObligationHope For The FutureEqualizer Author:Dave Heineman