Education
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.
Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.
The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.
You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.
The United States should pursue a more robust agenda for U.S. competitiveness and innovation focused on a lower-carbon economy, including investments in education, basic research and development, infrastructure, retraining, retirement security, and universal health care.
Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.
Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues — including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and stories of success, and they will inspire others to take action and work to change lives.
Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy'.
The most used program in computers and education is PowerPoint. What are you learning about the nature of the medium by knowing how do to a great PowerPoint presentation? Nothing. It certainly doesn't teach you how to think critically about living in a culture of simulation.
Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform to address the demand side in much of the developing world.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
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