LeVar Burton Quotes

My goal is not selling laptops. OLPC is not in the laptop business. It's in the education business.

In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.

There is incredible potential for digital technology in and beyond the classroom, but it is vital to rethink how learning is organised if we are to reap the rewards.

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.

Students do everything on laptops these days, so I definitely think electronic books are a trend that's going to expand.

The Internet is the first technology since the printing press which could lower the cost of a great education and, in doing so, make that cost-benefit analysis much easier for most students. It could allow American schools to service twice as many students as they do now, and in ways that are both effective and cost-effective.

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?

The chalkboards are no longer cutting it. We've got to adapt education at every level to this new paradigm to keep our kids competitive. Affordability of technology has to be at the forefront of everything we do.

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

The Internet is an interesting tool to use to reach people with things that you might call 'Disney learning,'

With the help of technology, teachers will be leaders in the transformation of education around the world.

Every child in Uruguay has a little green laptop.

Education is the only business still debating the usefulness of technology.

America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt.

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.

Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And they've got computers, too, which is awesome. They're scary to me.

I became interested in educational technologies because I believe that they have the potential to transform how we practice and think about education and learning.

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.

I started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world's education system.

I believe e-courses will eventually change people's attitude toward learning. Education will play an increasingly dominant role in people's lives. For people of all ages and all geographies.

And it's here and it's ready and we can really revolutionize the way we educate our children with tablet computers, and I'm committed to doing whatever I can to speaking to whomever I can to send this signal - to pound this message home. Now is the time.

You cannot make thousands of universities or hundreds of thousands of professors, but with technology and the Internet you can have great courses and make a digital university.

We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.

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

We must revamp K-12 education law to ensure Washington does not stand in the way of meaningful reforms.