Quotes about Access to Education

We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it. Votes: 7

A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as the lubricant of social and economic mobility. Votes: 5

The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries. Votes: 5

Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account. Votes: 5

Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes. Votes: 5

It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues? Votes: 5

We've shown again and again, in every UN report on the status of women, that wherever women control their own bodies and have access to education, societies prosper. Men's fortunes go up, children's fortunes go up. This is not news - it's been proven repeatedly. Anywhere those things are threatened, we have to defend them. Votes: 5

There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want. Votes: 5

More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to the margins of mainstream society, banished to a political and social space not unlike Jim Crow, where discrimination in employment, housing, and access to education was perfectly legal, and where they could be denied the right to vote. Votes: 5

Women want to be free to choose from the same range of options that men take for granted. In our quest for equal pay, equal access to education and opportunities, we have made great strides. But until women can move freely and think freely in their homes, on the streets, in the workplace without the fear of violence, there can be no real freedom. Votes: 5

As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception. Votes: 3

We have a moral concern to feed all of the hungry, wipe out malnutrition, so that every American be housed and every child have access to education. Votes: 3

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood. Votes: 3

In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love. Votes: 3

As a former recipient of these services I can honestly say that the overwhelming majority of TANF recipients are hard-working Americans who are down on their luck, and just want an opportunity to better their lives and those of their family through work and access to education. Votes: 3

From China and India to Turkey and Brazil, when women have gotten access to education, to family planning and to a vital place in the economy, greater prosperity has followed. And when women are free to speak and learn, they temper the extremes of ideology and fanaticism and raise sons who are less likely to become human bombs. Votes: 3

Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody. Votes: 2

Yahoo! is dedicated to promoting community awareness through outreach, education and information access. Votes: 2

Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society. Votes: 2

Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in. Votes: 2

When women earn more, families are stronger, and children have better access to quality health care and education. Votes: 2

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people. Votes: 2

It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education. Votes: 2

Even though education was key in my family, I had no access to museums or art where we lived. I was a bit starved. Votes: 2

President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education. Votes: 2

In our post-9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. Votes: 2

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry. Votes: 2

The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students. Votes: 2

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no. Votes: 2

Access to high-quality education is way too limited. The United States has the world's most admirable higher education system, and yet it is very restrictive. It's so hard to get into. I never got into it as a student. Votes: 2

Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education! Votes: 2

A large number of students around the world don't really have access to high quality education. So, launching EdX allows students all over the world to have much better access to a high quality education from a university such as Harvard, MIT, Berkeley and others as we add more universities. Votes: 2

Online education, then, can serve two goals. For students lucky enough to have access to great teachers, blended learning can mean even better outcomes at the same or lower cost. And for the millions here and abroad who lack access to good, in-person education, online learning can open doors that would otherwise remain closed. Votes: 2

access to effective education for each woman. Votes: 0

With technology, we can achieve universal access to secondary education within a generation. Votes: 0

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education Votes: 0

If your kid doesn't have broadband access, that's a real disadvantage for participating in modern education. Votes: 0

I have always believed and promoted the fact that education and access to the knowledge society involves lifelong learning. Votes: 0

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education. Votes: 0

Education provides the fullest opportunities for fulfilling ourselves. It is the access to all that a person has yet to learn. Votes: 0

All over the world, we're seeing access to food, clean water, education and healthcare improve; as a result, global innovation is rising as well. Votes: 0

The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century. Votes: 0

The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on. Votes: 0