One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail. Michael Morpurgo
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers. Michael Morpurgo
I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! Philip Pullman
I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools. Philip Pullman
Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine. John Baldacci
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education. Zhuang Zi
The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus. Minoru Yamasaki
Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports. Mahesh Bhupathi
Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market. Janet Napolitano
In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated. Walter Annenberg
To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education. John Dickey
If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society. Sargent Shriver
Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation. Ernie Fletcher
We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families. Dan Lipinski
By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans' services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities. Dan Lipinski
I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute. Loni Anderson
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word. Alan K. Simpson
I have an education, I went to college, you know? Nicole Polizzi
These are important reforms. Infrastructure, education, health, hospitals, closing the gap with indigenous Australians. Also the Apology to the first Australians. As Prime Minister of the country I am proud of each and every one of these achievements. Kevin Rudd