Kim Reynolds Quotes

In today's world, learning has become the key to economic prosperity, social cohesion and personal fulfillment. We can no longer afford to educate the few to think, and the many to do.

Our education system was developed for an industrial era where we could teach certain skills to our children and they were able to use these skills for the rest of their lives working productively in an industry.

You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.

We need to prepare our kids for a 21st Century economy, and we're not doing it with our schools.

The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?

As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.

We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.

Our education system is not meeting the needs of today’s workforce much less tomorrow’s.

Education is economic development.

The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.

Each day, we're sharpening Iowa's competitive edge in education and expanding our workplace partnerships with job-ready, STEM savvy, lifelong learners.

Education is a cause very close to me. What matters is encouraging my fans to focus on their education, because only an educated generation can ensure a better future. Even when I was on tour, I did my homework and studied.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

The best escalator to opportunity in America is education.

Most high governmental officials who speak of education policy seem to conceive of education in this light - as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth. I strongly disagree with this approach.

On education, in order to ensure that America remains a world leader, we must create an educated, skilled workforce in the vital areas of science, math, engineering and information technology. At the same time, we must give every student access to a college degree.

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

If American schooling is inadequate now, just imagine how much more obsolete it will be when today's kindergarten students graduate from high school in just 12 years.

The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.

We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.

Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that, by the time they leave school, every boy and girl should know how much they don’t know and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it