Kim Reynolds Quotes

You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.

We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.

We should prepare our future workforce differently. It isn't just advanced STEM degrees. There are many jobs you can do without advanced degrees.

Who's going to be against making sure students have the education for a knowledge economy?

Education is how to help the person who's lost a job. Education is how to make sure we've got a workforce that's productive and competitive.

A job training center is not gonna train anybody for the future. What trains somebody for the future is education and passion and desire.

We wouldn't need any job training centers if our education was working in the first place.

Training is a universal right. It's not just targeted at those with the worst skill levels.

If you want a more productive economy, you need to invest in the skills of our workforce.

We need to invest in people's lives so that they can do the jobs of the 21st century.

At the end of the day, things don't get better unless you continue to invest in your workforce. And I've not heard any Republican talk about education and the investment in the future workforce.

Our education system was developed for an industrial era where we could teach certain skills to our children and they were able to use these skills for the rest of their lives working productively in an industry.

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.

What is the purpose of education if not, at a minimum, to prepare people for work?

Education is economic development.

Governor Romney, how many fewer college degrees would it take to make America more competitive?

To reap this demographic dividend, we need to enable the youth to acquire skills required to get the job or become self-employed.

The most trusted way to keep moving up that value chain is to keep investing in individuals - to help them grow in knowledge and skills. Education is hard. It takes individuals to do the hard work.

What we want is for our young people to be skilled.

First and foremost, we have to ensure that we have to get our own kids ready for work so that employers want to take them on.

Who's going to be against getting workers the skills they need to be successful?

We need to give importance to skill development because this way we can end unemployment.

I want to invest in community colleges, training programs, and high-quality apprenticeships that help people gain the skills they need for the jobs of the future.

A modern economy and society requires skilled people, so you need to train them.

Education - lifelong education for everyone - from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers - is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole.