Quote by Michael Gove
Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground bec

Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve. – Michael Gove

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The single most important thing in a childs performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing. – Michael Gove

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The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the same horror that the Earl of Grantham showed when a chauffeur wanted to marry his daughter. – Michael Gove

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Leadership
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Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children. – Michael Gove

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My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me. – Graham Norton

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Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation. – Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. – C. S. Lewis

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If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status. – Patrick J. Kennedy

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It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if youd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now… unless youve signed to a big label, youre a failure now. – Mike Peters

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