If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals. 

         Susan B. Anthony

 

The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child, the question is whether we can afford not to. 

         Marian Wright Edelman

 

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American's capacity. The human mind is our fundamental resource.  

         John F. Kennedy

 

Don’t leave a better world for the kids.  Leave better kids for the world.

         Author unknown

 

As we approach the new millennium, we see how much remains to be done to give our young and future generations a better world to live in: a more peaceful society with a healthier, cleaner environment and a pattern of sustainable development which seeks to eradicate poverty. Education is the single most powerful means to improve the quality of life... the single most powerful weapon against poverty and intolerance. Education builds a culture of peace ... it empowers human beings, both young and adult, to be effective in their chosen sphere of activity ... education in its essence, opens doors to both personal and social development. 

         Federico Mayor

 

Education is a vaccine for violence.  

         Edward James Olmos