Words of Inspiration and Motivation


“In this eloquent speech to the full Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson used the phrase "we shall overcome," borrowed from African American leaders struggling for equal rights.
The speech was made on Monday, March 15, 1965, a week after deadly racial violence had erupted in Selma, Alabama, as African Americans were attacked by police while preparing to march to Montgomery to protest voting rights discrimination.
That discrimination took the form of literacy, knowledge or character tests administered solely to African Americans to keep them from ever registering to vote.” (Johnson, The History Place - Great Speeches Collection: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965)
“In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid, and many of our paid teachers are unqualified. So we must give every child a place to sit and a teacher to learn from. Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty. “ (Johnson, 1964)



Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, long an advocate of universal pre-K, unveiled her
campaign proposal on May 21, 2007, a day before the Joint Economic Committee’s release
of its Fact Sheet. In her speech and campaign materials, she drew heavily on the work
of Nobel Prize-winning economist James J. Heckman of the University of Chicago to
support the idea of broad societal benefi ts. According to one Heckman study, she said,
“you can close half the gaps in testing between African-Americans and white students
that shows up at the end of high school if you have preschool. You can also begin to deal
with a lot of behavior problems that kids come into school with; these early years do not
preordain a child’s life.”4 (Soifer, 2008)

     
 " I had a built in passion to fix all the injustices in the world” Louise Derman – Sparks (2012))
                                “ My passion is the opportunity to change children’s lives.” Sandy Escobido ((2012))
                                “ My passion is my intrinsic motivation for the work I do.” Raymond Hernadez ((2012))
                                “ There are many things that draw me to this field.” Renatta M. Cooper ((2012))
 “ My passion are my personal and professional experiences." Leticecia Lara ((2012))


“Education opportunities are shaped long before children enter classrooms. The linguistic,
cognitive and social skills they develop in early childhood are the real foundations for
lifelong learning.” 1 (Children, 2012)

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