If we had in this room a hundred teachers good teachers from good schools and asked them to define the word education there would be very little general agreement.

If you improve education by teaching for competence eliminating schooling and connecting with students the test scores will improve.

When I was in school my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale University with my master's and I didn't do it by missing school.

When I was four years old my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.

The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools equipped with tortures called an education.

I think that anybody that stays in school gets good grades pays the price I think we are wealthy enough in the public and the private sector in America to make sure that every child in America that wants to continue their education they should be able to do that.

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island I am public-school educated.

Just like my father I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.

I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years the schools have stopped teaching it. And it's unfortunate.

Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school have more developed social skills and display fewer behavior problems.