"By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school."

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Source : "Education’s Elephant in the Room: Poverty" by Sal F. Albanese, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2013.

Sal Albanese

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“Without Police Woman I wouldn't have had a career. The show started about the same time the women's movement was taking off. Ours was the first prime-time one-hour show featuring a strong, professional woman. It paved the way for other series to follow.”
“The power of the Web is obvious and undeniable. We diminish it at our peril. But what if the most potent social effect to spread outward from the Internet turns out to be disinhibition, the breaking down of personal restraints and the endless elevation of oneself? It may be already.”
“I do what I do, and I do it well, and focus and take it one moment at a time.”
“Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.”
“Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture.”
“Only Christianity offers a comprehensive worldview that covers all areas of life and thought - every aspect of creation. Only Christianity offers a way to live in response to the realities that we find in this world - only Christianity.”

Source : "DeLay Criticized for 'Only Christianity' Remarks". Tom DeLay's speech at the First Baptist Church of Pearland, Texas, www.washingtonpost.com. April 12, 2002.
“The highest civilizations -- the longest to last and I believe the most successful in human terms -- are those which have come the closest to achieving real understanding and mutual appreciation between men and women.”
“Americans are finally realizing that once you lose land, you can't get it back.”

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