Arthur Levine Quotes

The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education.

I always knew I'd go back to school. Modeling was a means to an end, making money for graduate school.

I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.

Teaching is the profession that makes all other professions possible and yet we do not treat teachers as professionals.

…all the teachers henceforth to be employed be provided from some Model School, with a certificate of their competency, that will aid us in a work of great difficulty, to wit, … placing youths under the direction of competent teachers, and of those only.

The more you learn the more you earn.

Absolutely pay off credit card debt. If you're not getting a match in your 401(k) and you've got credit card debt, you've got to get yourself out of credit card debt. When you get out of credit card debt, your credit score goes up and interest starts to go down.

You need more education to get any job.

Should the foreign service continue to insist on a “well-rounded” officer which results in men who know little about any specific areas or functional field—but who are experts at surviving bureaucracy?

A teacher works a lot harder than I do and her work is far more important, but she will never make the money that I do.

We know that a college degree is rapidly becoming the price of admission to the global economy.

High school seniors should receive help in how to think about a student loan and how to make sure that the education bought with the loan offers good prospects for repayment.

The simple facts are these: We need higher standards in our schools, and we need to hold teachers accountable for the outcomes in their classrooms.

My mother was a teacher for 40 years. She was part of the United Teachers of New Orleans.

We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives.

I'm fascinated by the skills gap.

When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future.

The majority of the new jobs being created require higher skills, more education.

'Credit' is another word for trustworthiness.

I just think it would be interesting. I already applied to be a substitute teacher.

I was going to become a teacher.

The idea of having proper qualifications had been very much ingrained in me. My father had a steady job for the Potato Marketing Board, and the family emphasis was on getting to university.

I'm the worst customer for a credit card company because I always pay my balance off every month.

Mum eventually graduated with a City & Guilds certificate that hung proudly on our living room wall throughout my childhood.