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If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning.
William Bennett
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William Bennett
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 3
Former United States Secretary Of Education
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William John Bennett
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I have no doubt that the real irritation of those on the religious right is not that their particular creed is not embraced by the schools, but that often their creed is the only one singled out for contempt.
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The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.
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I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose - you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.
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America's only respectable form of bigotry is bigotry against religious people. And the only reason for hatred of religion is that it forces us to confront matters many would prefer to ignore.
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Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.
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The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed.
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We are here to help one another along life's journey.
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The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.
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President Bush was widely ridiculed for consulting the Reverend Billy Graham before the Gulf war.
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A City University of New York study done in 1991 revealed that nearly 90% of the American people identify themselves religiously as Christians or Jews, while only 7.5 percent claim no religion.
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I do not suggest that you should not have an open mind ... but don't keep your mind so open that your brains fall out.
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Loving your homeland is just as natural as loving your father or mother - after all, your country nourishes you, protects you, and in many ways makes you who you are. Just as it's a virtue to honor your parents, it's a good and admirable thing to honor the land you call home.
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Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins Once upon a time...
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A weakened sense of responsibility does not weaken the fact of responsibility.
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Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools
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America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.
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