Karen Hughes Quotes

Global education is not a zero-sum game. The rise of universities in Asia will be a benefit to the entire world.

In Barack Obama, we have a great education president who is rebuilding America. His Race to the Top program is doing more to 'spur us' to improve our public schools than anything we've ever done as a nation.

Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world.

Whether it's in Washington, or whether it's with the mothers of extremists, or whether it's education in places like Pakistan... a lot of women in these emerging countries are taking charge and doing amazing things.

Early education is the type of issue politicians nod their heads at, and then when it comes time to make a tough decision, a financial trade-off, inevitably it's about the first item tossed from the table.

I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.

I was very happy being education minister and deputy to John Cain.

Education is the great growth industry of the Third World. Since the Second World War, we have multiplied the number of children in school by four, with even larger multiples for secondary and university education.

President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education.

It's time to declare a cease-fire in the education arms race. We have far more to gain from collaborating to solve our common problems than competing for higher rankings.

We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.

We've built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.

I'm very committed to stable and adequate funding for education.

Since the LeBron James Family Foundation shifted its focus on education, it's been important to us to document the innovative work we're doing.

I'll continue to fight for our schools.

The celebrity's desire to shape the next generation of young minds by opening a school is by no means unique to Diddy.

For many years we have spent a great deal of effort and money on school reform. Yet where are we today?

How are we going to make the people of the United States realize that if they want peace in the future they must make the sacrifices that are required to bring about economic improvement in a great many countries?

Education will never be raised to a level adequate to the demands of the present form of civilization--it is woefully inadequate now--till international ethical action raises it.

The online revolution of education has only just begun. There are two approached to solving educational problems: Government spending and Technology. My bet is on technology.

The only way communities will have great schools is if the people demand it.

The aid system is broken. The international aid system was designed for the 20th century. However, we are in the 21st century.

A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children.

Competitive programs such as Race to the Top provide incentives for communities to develop new solutions for old problems. Because of Race to the Top, states have raised their standards and committed to fixing schools that have persistently failed students.

I look forward to the opportunity to continue to push for the welfare of our students and the dignity of our educators' work in my role as governor.