Education is the great growth industry of the Third World. Since the Second World War, we have multiplied the number of children in school by four, with even larger multiples for secondary and university education. Arthur Lewis childeducationgreat share on social
My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor. Antonia Fraser advantagebelievedoctor Change image and share on social
My children have gone to Catholic school... Part of their whole education is talking about the inner life and looking at your life, even though you're only 15 or 16 - thinking about your mortality, thinking about the value of your life, thinking about your obligations. Alice McDermott catholicchildeducation share on social
I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. Greg Mortenson afghanistandecidededicate Change image and share on social
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. Oscar Wilde determineread Change image and share on social
The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible. Orson Scott Card avoidcareerclass share on social
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. Evan Esar americaathleteaverage Change image and share on social
An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body. Edgar Quinet bodyeducationeffeminate Change image and share on social
All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield. Earl Warren discriminationeducationfederal Change image and share on social
