Arthur Capper Quotes

Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go to school, and that's very clear.

In a world as competitive as ours, the child who does not get a decent education is condemned to the fringes of society. I think all Australians agree that this is intolerable. So we must demand as much of our schools as we do of our sports teams - and ensure that they keep the Australian dream alive for every child.

A school is a place through which you have to pass before entering life, but where the teaching proper does not prepare you for life.

No matter what happens in a child's home, no matter what other social and economic factors may impede a child, there's no question in my mind that a first-rate school can transform almost everything.

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.

There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs or wealthy neighborhoods. If we truly believe in giving all citizens a chance to pursue happiness and pursue their goals, then we cannot continue to marginalize entire groups of people.

The Time to Succeed Coalition brings together an unprecedented group of leaders from education and business, communities and academia to say that it is time to strike the shackles of an outdated school calendar from our disadvantaged schools.

Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.

The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

If we don't empower families to be able to have a quality education, then their children - for the first time in American history, truly the first time - will not have the same economic opportunities.

Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream.

Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life.

In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.

I am going to use every rostrum and every forum and every searchlight that I can to tell the people of the country and their elected representatives that we can no longer afford overcrowded classrooms and half-day sessions. We just must not, we just cannot afford the great waste that comes from the neglect of a single child.

If we get public education right, everything else will follow. But if we get it wrong, not much else will matter.

In the long run, a second class education always costs more money than a first class education.

My grandfather started a school for the underprivileged in Chandigarh, and that is why we moved from Himachal to Chandigarh. It was a small school, where even I would teach while in school.

My wife and I have been passionate about education being a gateway for upward mobility and equality.

Every child has a right to go to high school and end up with a third grade education.

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams.

I don't believe in private education.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.