Adam Braun Quotes

I think part of the problem is the education system doesn't work - it's not accountable.

If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.

We need to reform our educational systems even though the Americans tell us to.

Developing countries need to commit additional resources and have the political will to improve education.

While the Tan Yan Kee foundation believes that it is merely scratching the surface relative to the gargantuan problems in the education sector, it envisions that one day it will be able to train more teachers and provide much-needed facilities that will transform schools into more conducive learning environments.

No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count.

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

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

I'm not one of those who thinks the only way to fix what's wrong with American education is to throw more money at it. We also need to do it much better.

It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.

I am very proud of the quality of public education in Nebraska, but I believe we have an obligation to continually assess whether our system is meeting 21st Century education needs.

Scholarships that allow students to get a good education are important, but first we want to measure the progress that the schools are teaching our students, we want to hold them accountable for the progress, we want to hold the schools accountable for teaching the young people in America.

The most important problem that Turkey has is education.

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

As a society, we can and should invest more money in 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.

Countries have largely been left alone to handle or ignore their educational problems as they see fit. In part, this was because we assumed that the contexts and challenges were so different from nation to nation that education could not be tackled at the international level.

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 will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology.

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.

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

In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.

The education of a nation instead of being confined to a few schools and universities for the instruction of the few, must become the national care and expense for the formation of the many.

The government's most creative and significant duty is education.