Education Prioritization Quotes

To ensure that Singaporeans can take advantage of opportunities, the government should continue to monitor carefully the proportion of foreign students in our education institutions to ensure that the proportion matches the present and future needs of the country, and the Singaporeans are the main beneficiaries of our education policy.

My parents were very firm about me always getting my homework done.

In the drive to improve reading and mathematics, the schools have not just put history on the back burner. They have taken it off the stove.

I believe Nebraskans appreciate the fiscal discipline I've brought to state government, balancing the budget without raising taxes and prioritizing education funding.

I was a good student. For a while, my parents did make me cope with school and films simultaneously. But after a point, this wasn't practical. I had to choose between studies and films. I chose films.

There will not be a billion-shekel cut to education on my watch.

There was a modeling agency in my little town where I got my start, but the opportunity came to work in Japan when I was fourteen. My mom went with me until I was seventeen. Her only stipulation was that I had to keep my schoolwork up. My mom was great. She is still my best friend.

I actually started modelling when I was about eight years old, and then, when I went to high school, I stopped to concentrate on schoolwork because I was in an accelerated program, so it was just really time for me to sit down and focus on my studies.

My first job as premier will be to go back to basics.

Last year, I twice voted against the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill because it did not adequately fund education in general, and Native American programs specifically.

I started assisting music composers at 15 in an attempt to run away from studies. But my mom, hailing from a traditional, academically inclined south Indian family influence, made me complete my degree.

This county [Fairfax County, Virginia] is the wealthiest county in America in terms of average income, but the school system is not getting the money .... Many of our politicians give lip service to education as a priority, but when it comes to the money, it’s not there.

Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.