Samuel Griswald Goodrich Quotes

In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice.

The largest investment that most communities have is their school buildings.

Like health care, education is something worth spending on and worth investing in, but we're spending more and getting less.

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

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.

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

I know each fund has its supporters, and that some will not want to see the surplus go to schools. But, in tough times, you have to set priorities. And our priority is education.

More than fifty cents on the dollar in our public school system in the United States is spent on Administration. If you know of a private industry that spends more than fifty cents on the dollar on administration and is still making a profit, I would like to know what it is.

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.

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

I'll continue to fight for our schools.

I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is to make sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in the state. It's difficult to do. It's, like, cost-prohibitive.

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 [teachers’] unions and the [school] districts have very different stakes in local control. The districts want the money and the programs that higher level governments can provide, but they also want autonomy in determining how resources are allocated. The unions are much less wedded to local autonomy. Indeed, much of their lobbying at the state level is to limit the autonomy of the districts.

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

Education came to be one of the great preoccupations, enlightenment was viewed as the greatest single opportunity to escape .... Parents made untold sacrifice to secure learning for their children that they had been denied.

I used to be on the Lincoln City Council. You learn that there's never enough money for all of the police officers and fire-fighting apparatus you'd like to have.

What's wrong with Hell's Kitchen? You don't change a neighborhood by changing its name. You change it by building a school.

I'm a beneficiary of an extraordinary education, and I believe that no matter where you live, the access to education is key to social mobility.

Smart infrastructure can provide cost-saving ways for municipalities to handle both infrastructure and social needs. And we want to shift the systems that open the doors for people who were formerly tax burdens to become part of the tax base.

We didn't build the modern country to be bike-friendly - our initial round of infrastructure was not designed to think about how to get around if you're not in a car. So we've got to be targeting resources, both nationally and locally, to how people are going to get around in the new world.

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

In a world as competitive as ours, the child who does not get a decent education is condemned to the fringes of society. I think all Australians agree that this is intolerable. So we must demand as much of our schools as we do of our sports teams - and ensure that they keep the Australian dream alive for every child.

Those who are able to afford to live in a neighborhood with 'good schools' will do so, knowing that a good education is the key to good opportunity for their children.

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.