When a woman earns a dollar, the payback is higher. She'll invest in her children, in their education, health care, and basic needs. The impact of a woman's role in the economy benefits society at large.
My big chip is that I never had an education. I wanted my children to get one so they didn't fall into the same trap as me.
When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree in music and education.
When parents are confident that their children will live, they have fewer of them. They invest more in each child's food, health and education.
Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform, or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value.
There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities.
You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.
Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.
Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.
Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.
When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
We live in a world of increasing dependence on electronic records and retrieval, unprecedented security and preservation concerns, and insufficient attention to civic and democratic education.
Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.
The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
The challenge to people like me is, how do you use your capabilities and resources to help support things that are important to you, whether it's the arts or education or homelessness?
It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.
My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.
I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No. No. They gave me hope, and they gave me encouragement, and they gave me a vision. That came from my education.
