In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country. Bobby Scott on education
Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Bobby Scott on education
As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on. Anna Friel on education
After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education. Michael N. Castle on education
By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just as great, if not greater, than students attending ivy league schools. Michael N. Castle on education
Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing. Michael N. Castle on education
They were often the first students in their family to go to college and the very idea of higher education was still foreign to them. They had to make a conscious and often difficult decision to come to college. Michael N. Castle on education
This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back. Michael N. Castle on education
What we're doing now is we're saying that individual schools can spend the money on their own priorities, so that head teachers can decide what's truly important, because the big shift in approach on education that we're taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads. Michael Gove on education
Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve. Michael Gove on education
The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads. Michael Gove on education
The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education. Ron Kind on education
I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means. Barbara Walters on education
The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education. James S. Coleman on education
I scored a 910 on my SAT. I didn't care about education. I don't know what I cared about. Skeet Ulrich on education
Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries. Meg Whitman on education
You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education. Meg Whitman on education
It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help. John Keegan on education
I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases. Peter Brimelow on education