LeVar Burton Quotes

I feel there is so much more we can do in improving education, making it accessible and understanding how technology can be a part of the solution.

All schools will end up using game metrics in the future.

I am very proud of the quality of public education in Nebraska, but I believe we have an obligation to continually assess whether our system is meeting 21st Century education needs.

Technology has enormous potential to address educational needs more efficiently, help teachers improve their performance, and enrich and individualize student learning.

Education must be the only sector that hasn't already been completely revolutionized by technology.

My goal is not selling laptops. OLPC is not in the laptop business. It's in the education business.

There is incredible potential for digital technology in and beyond the classroom, but it is vital to rethink how learning is organised if we are to reap the rewards.

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.

I want to make sure that all kids get a good education and enjoy what they learn.

Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in our conception of university organization, education, graduation, for a century - for several centuries.

All the industries we deal with have a fundamental obligation to provide technology to education.

The Internet is an interesting tool to use to reach people with things that you might call 'Disney learning,'

What we need is a strong education system that allows creativity to grow and encourages students to be interested in science and technology.

As technology plays a major role inside and outside the classroom, we want to make sure education innovation is accessible.

My daughter can work on an iPhone and iPad like crazy. That's their world. If you can use that, use it educationally. They can learn while they're having so much fun. They don't even realize they're learning.

School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.

At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education.

We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.

We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us.

Profound changes to how children access vast information is yielding new forms of peer-to-peer and individual-guided learning.

I really believe that we have to work hard to make online education better and better, and eventually it's going to be really great. But like most of these things, it takes time to improve, to understand and to make things really good.

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