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" Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them. "

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" I cannot believe that my generation may very well have been the last one to have sex education in schools that was truly the complete and total package. I mean what are we doing? Are we in the future, but acting like it's The Dark Ages? "

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" Standardized testing is at cross purposes with many of the most important purposes of public education. It doesn't measure big-picture learning, critical thinking, perseverance, problem solving, creativity or curiosity, yet those are the qualities great teaching brings out in a student. "

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" Education to me is the most important thing that we've got going in this country. I mean, a lot of my family are teachers. I was the recipient of a great public education, and I see that's one of the first things that we're going to go, 'What are we going to raise?' The ignorant masses. "

Craig T. Nelson

" Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had. "

" The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. "

" One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so. "

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" The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities. "

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" The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There is no alternative. There never was. "

" The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available. "

" Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything. "

" Through my own struggles with depression, I discovered that knowledge, therapy, medication and education can provide the strength to get through it in one piece. "

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" Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have thousands of alumni use their diverse experiences and ideas to effect change from inside and outside the education system. "

" No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete. "

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" Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message. "

" Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better-educated countries grow faster and innovate more than other countries. But going to college is not enough. You also have to study the right subjects. "

" Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations. "

" Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes. "

" While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor. "

" I don't think there should be more gun control. I think there should be more education. "

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" The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative. "

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" Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children. "

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" Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups. If you don't have a high level of training or education you're going to fall into that category. "

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