Education : (1041)

" As a founder of two organizations that recruit top college graduates to expand educational opportunity, I’ve spent a lot of time examining what’s at work in successful classrooms and schools over the past two decades. " - Wendy Kopp

" How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see? " - Maria Montessori

" Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field. " - Stephen Hawking

" There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their ‘not invented here’ and ‘we have more important problems than education’ attitudes. " - James Patterson

" I didn’t know there was an extra ‘a’ in Maya Angelou! I spelled it like ‘Mya’ the singer. " - Chi Chi DeVayne

" There are two ways to have educational chess in schools, either through after school programs or using chess as a tool in classrooms to improve children’s thinking. " - Judit Polgar

" I hear from the business community all the time that what they need is an educated work force. They need an infrastructure that can make people and products. You need to cultivate an environment that they can imagine living in and being in, having employees be in. And a fair tax structure. And a responsive government. " - Allyson Schwartz

" The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all. " - Alan K. Simpson

" When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I read ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘The Secret Garden,’ the ‘Rosemary’ books, and Kipling’s ‘Just So’ Stories was one of my favorites. No, I didn’t read historical fiction. It didn’t exist where I was growing up in China. " - Jean Fritz

" I cannot learn creation from other people; I’ve got to do it myself. Now, honestly, I regret not studying – I don’t know about harmonies, or anything, so if I’m composing a song, it’s really hard. " - Psy