Children listen - intently. They absorb all manner of information like little sponges.

The curiosity of the human mind is essential if you want citizens who think rather than accept the first nonsense they come to.

Martial arts should be part of every girl's education.

Show me a university which is a hotbed of thin-skinned offence-taking, where every unacceptable idea is policed and every person who happens to hold one is hounded out of a job, and I will show you a...

You have all this education theory, and people try to make larger statements than maybe what their data would back up, because they've done these small experiments that are tied to a very particular...

I've asked every grammar schoolteacher in the nation to have their students write on the meaning of the Statue of Liberty. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the winning kid got up to the microphone and, in...

I'm a pretty avid reader, but I missed feminism in college. I did take an intro course where I read Mary Wollstonecraft, but I didn't read a lot of the seminal writers. Then I had two teenage...

Except for a short period at the end of World War II, I attended an elementary school affiliated to Kobe University from ages six to twelve and then moved on to Nada Middle and High School from ages...

To me, if people really want to improvise, get into classes and learn.

It's a lot more important to get quality young men and good student-athletes that can be successful at the University of Georgia. That's my No. 1 goal.

Parents have absolutely every right to express their opinions at public school board meetings concerning their children's education.

I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.

It is good for kids to learn how to work.

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

My parents weren't stereotypical and pressuring me to go to college. They mentioned it a lot and constantly, but it wasn't a do or die thing, like, 'You have to do this or you're done.'

One of the best things we can do for our country, for advancing our children, is to upgrade our child care system.

I'm fascinated by delving into the historical context of what life was like in the past.

I couldn't afford to go to drama school in London. Then I met with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and I fell in love with the city. It was one of the few schools that...

Passionate musicians only come from passionate five-year-olds.

I didn't know too much about The Troubles, because they don't really teach you about it in English schools.

I have the means to spoil my kids with whatever they want, but I choose not to because they have to understand the value of hard work.

Parents matter, buildings count, curriculum choices, materials, resources - all these things are important in a top-class education. But, in the end, it comes down to the teachers.

Wonderful teachers should never let themselves be drill sergeants for the state.

The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught.

If I wasn't serving in Congress, I've always wanted to be a high school teacher. Specifically, I want to teach a course on modern American history and use Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury as a primary text.

To me, having 'material' for an essay means not only having something to write about but also having something interesting and original to say about whatever that might be.

Kids want to see relevant teams.

Maryland is one of the greatest schools that we have in this country.

I find it strange that our children, teenagers are kept captive listening in classrooms. Earlier education was for career and livelihood. Now, it has to rise to solve the crisis facing the earth and...

We don't have universal health care. Education is so expensive. We have these massive problems, you know? So it makes me really happy to think that somebody could have all the music in the world for...