Amartya Sen Quotes

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.

More than anything, we must do better for our children's education.

No family should feel they need to leave San Francisco to find a great public education.

Belonging to humanity is a great thing for us, and I think the schools can do it. So I think we can look after the quality of education on the school even as we expand the availability of schooling.

American education will be determined by the quality of American public education, and that's public schools that are available.

The best education is to be had at a price, as well as the best broadcloth.

I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids.

We have to provide good teachers, good environment, community involvement with schools.

If we expect our children to thrive at our colleges and universities, and succeed in our economy once they graduate - first we must make quality, affordable early childhood education accessible to all.

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

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.

Colleges would compete by adding professors, enhancing programs, or building nicer facilities. So they competed by making institutions better.

Parents like options when it comes to their children's education. And they respond to quality.

In the education debate, people are so passionate about their ideas that we often end up expending more energy shouting at each other than we do pushing for the fundamentals to success in all schools.

We cannot build a prosperous state without good schools.

If you want to reform schools, don't do it with testing. We used to say, "If you want elephants to grow, you don't weigh the elephants. You feed the elephants." Children will not grow unless they get quality instruction.

I'm a little bit tired of people getting credit for improving education by doing the cheapest thing they can do, which is to call for the manipulation of test scores or to create new standards.

In the long run, a second class education always costs more money than a first class education.

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

Investing in better-quality education outcomes - especially in maths and science - more than pays for itself.

I think everyone needs to focus on the quality of the undergraduate experience.

Improving our nation's education system has long been the cornerstone of my policy agenda.

When the federal government invests in education, it should support quality education and career readiness rather than institutions that make empty promises.

It is possible to have a public education system that works.