I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap. Margaret Spellings achievementclosecritical Change image and share on social
English girls' schools today providing the higher education are, so far as my knowledge goes, worthily representative of that astonishing rise in the intellectual standards of women which has taken place in the last half-century. Mary Augusta Ward astonishcenturyeducation share on social
We must never forget that higher knowledge has to do with revering truth and insight and not with revering people. Rudolf Steiner forgethighinsight Change image and share on social
Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point in the strictly bureaucratic administration. Max Weber administrationbureaucraticcontinuity share on social
Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge. Vikas Swarup bookimportantknowledge Change image and share on social
The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want. Seth Godin connectionfutureknowledge Change image and share on social
My knowledge and thirst for knowledge has no expiration date... It goes until I'm dead. I will be learning and studying from youth, as well as people older than me... Having degrees as a person of color in this country is the one thing that can't nobody take away from me. Ruben Santiago-Hudson colorcountrydate share on social
When knowledge no longer becomes the commodity of the few, but in a sense becomes equalized by everyone having access, you lose some aspect of Jewish particularity, or at least a Jewish particularity that is fundamental to the construct of Jews as people of the book, which was always interesting. Joshua Cohen accessaspectbook share on social
This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation. Carroll Quigley activityanonymitycontinue share on social
The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life. Ralph Ellison artdependextend Change image and share on social