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" My mum, who comes from Goa, wanted us to develop our minds when we were kids, so she used to turn the electricity off at weekends so we couldn’t sit watching the telly. " - Laila Rouass

" School desegregation is associated with higher graduation rates, greater employability, higher earnings, and decreased rates of incarceration. " - Clint Smith

" In Estonia, our greatest national treasure is our egalitarian educational system. " - Kersti Kaljulaid

" If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country. " - Danny Glover

" We have miles to go to end AIDS in the Philippines and we need to equip young people with the right information and enable them to access services that are safe and responsive to their needs. " - Pia Wurtzbach

" My kind of, like, life goal is to help train students to be good people as well as good scientists. That would be my dream. " - Pardis Sabeti

" I was always good at gym! Gym classes were good, but school really wasn’t my thing, but I did it, got through it. It’s definitely important. " - Lance Stroll

" My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five. " - Madi Diaz

" Over the long term, the only way we’re going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people – especially their educations. " - Robert Reich

" I’m either proud or embarrassed to say that I never took a journalism class in my life. " - Jonathan Miles