Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.
Education is not a tool for development - individual, community and the nation. It is the foundation for our future. It is empowerment to make choices and emboldens the youth to chase their dreams.
Every city across the country that has successfully renewed and revitalized itself points to a robust education system as its fundamental key to success.
Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.
I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.
It is very important that our young people have constructive early work experiences. But it is equally important that their jobs are safe and complement their education, rather than complete it.
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 It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value.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.
