Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.
If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.
As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.
It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes - they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing.
We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.
If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities.
Sex education has to do with what's in people's head.
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.
And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.
I'm a big believer in education, period.
But the dollars spent on economic incentives and new investment strategies are wasted unless we seriously address the two most important economic issues in Kansas: education and health care.