Quotes having the keyword Gap
Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear.
by Mitt Romney (Politician, American , born in 1947) keywords: achievement, among, best, cannot, children, competitive, disappear, gap, lead, massachusetts, nation, only, races, scores, test, virtually , world Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments.
by Jeffrey Sachs (Economist, American , born in 1954) keywords: action, actions, almost, america, authority, aware, because, between, commitments, counted, development, even, gap, government, hand, meet, needed, nobody, senior, specialists, treasury, understands , would I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.
by Margaret Spellings (Public Servant, American , born in 1957) keywords: achievement, closing, critical, doing, gap, how, impart, kids, know, knowledge, knows, matter, piece, she, subject, teacher, their , think I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.
by Margaret Spellings (Public Servant, American , born in 1957) keywords: achievement, change, close, educators, gap, going, know, mean, thing , without We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about.
by Margaret Spellings (Public Servant, American , born in 1957) keywords: achievement, closing, congress, does, enough, foster, gap, goals, just, obviously, partner, practical, relationship, same, share, sophisticated, states, talking, understand , want There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.
by Ted Stevens (Politician, American , born in 1923) keywords: budget, defense, expenditures, force, gap, gender, large, many, men, modernize, national, necessary, now, really, support, think , women I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up.
by Joss Stone (Musician, English , born in 1987) keywords: advert, gap, lined, off, still, supposed, taking, time, up , writing Obviously after such a long gap, one itches to get back to the game and score big runs.
by Sachin Tendulkar (Athlete, Indian , born in 1973) keywords: after, back, big, game, gap, get, itches, long, obviously, runs, score , such It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.
by Emma Thompson (Actor, English , born in 1959) keywords: contribute, developing, done, frankly, gap, here, how, imbalance, knowledge, life, lot, many, misconceptions, quite, remarkable, think , world We need to bridge the gap between the medical libraries and the hospital rooms; take the information out there already, add to it, focus it, harness it - and bring it to the patient who was just diagnosed today.
by Bruce Vento (Politician, American , born in 1940) keywords: add, already, between, bridge, bring, diagnosed, focus, gap, harness, hospital, information, just, libraries, medical, need, out, patient, rooms, take , today While women certainly have made great strides toward pay parity in the past 30 years, there is still a gap in earnings between men and women in equivalent professions.
by Ginny B. Waitekeywords: between, certainly, earnings, equivalent, gap, great, made, men, parity, past, pay, professions, still, strides, toward, while, women , years Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom.
by Zack Wampkeywords: armed, best, critical, ensure, forces, freedom, gap, huge, make, men, our, recruitment, retention, sacrifices, stand, sustain, willing , women With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
by Zack Wampkeywords: between, civilian, comes, enemy, freedom, gap, greater, life, military, putting, responsibility, standing, than, think, threat , uniform So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. We're trying to fill that gap by teaching the teachers how to educate the kids about their musical heritage.
by Margaret Whiting (Musician, American , born in 1924) keywords: classes, curriculum, cut, educate, fill, gap, heritage, how, kids, many, music, musical, out, schools, teachers, teaching, their , trying I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?
by Barry Williams (Actor, American , born in 1954) keywords: always, been, believe, between, black, children, gap, groups, many, other, politicians, problem, scores, see, think, totally , way It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
by Barry Zito (Athlete, American , born in 1978) keywords: age, doing, example, field, forward, gap, great, huge, identify, just, kind, look, more, need, off, set, some, them, veteran , which