Adam Braun Quotes

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

I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now.

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

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community.

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

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.

Everyone runs on an education platform. We have Education Presidents and Education Governors and Education Dog Catchers, but the dollars never match the rhetoric.

I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries. I am an avid believer that education - and especially early childhood development - is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.

There's a million things wrong with government that need to get fixed, but none of its ever going to get fixed unless we start educating our children better.

I founded DonorsChoose.org because I care about learning, and I believe every student in our country deserves a great education.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

Imagine how different those classrooms could be if hundreds of Nigeria's most talented recent graduates and professionals channeled their energy not only into the country's banks, but into making education in the country a force for transformation.

As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.

Having got the best of education myself, I firmly believe it is my personal obligation to give back to the community.

We have done a poor job educating people about education. Only when we have clarified that can we talk about how best to achieve it.

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

My concern for education in New Mexico has always been there. I'm one of those kids that struggled through school, and I feel like I fell through the cracks.

During my time as a state legislator, I've pushed for significant investment in public school districts. In Congress, I would look forward to increasing federal public investment in education through initiatives like Race to the Top.

I look back and see the kids who made it through school - it made a huge difference in their lives, which made me believe in the power of public education and what it can do for individuals and communities and the state.

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education.

If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.

Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need.

We can't afford not to fully fund education.

Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.

Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.