Greg Mortenson Quotes

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.

Well, I am producing a show that's going to be on NBC this fall. It's called 'School Pride,' and it's a reality show where we're going around the country and renovating schools. It's really great.

For the 95 per cent whose only means of schooling is the district or the city school, we must provide what we are not now providing, an education that will better fit them for the struggle of life.

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.

My husband was working as principal of an urban transformation high school - the kind of public charter school determined to do whatever it takes to give its mostly minority, low-income student body the education they need and deserve to be successful in life.

The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos. I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.

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

Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.

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

My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.

Education is not Democrat versus Republican. It's about doing the right things for the right reason for our kids.

American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.

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.

Albuquerque is my home. I want my kids and all of our children to be able to go to any public or charter school and receive an excellent education.

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers.

About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.

I started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world's education system.

You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.

I think the whole system of education would change if I were in charge and had the ability to make changes. I don't think I would keep Princeton exactly being Princeton.

Education is among the most important problems we face because it's the ultimate 'gateway' problem. That is, it drives virtually every global problem that we face as a species. But there's a flip-side: if we can fix education, then we'll dramatically improve the other problems, too.

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

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.

The point we must aim at is to obtain admittance for our children to the nearest and the best schoolhouse.

Education has become a condition of national survival.

Of all our institutions public education is the most important. Everything depends on it, the present and the future.