Education for a better world

If a small percentage of the money spent for the “war on terror” would be invested in education, the entire world would be a better and safer place.
The best and the only way to promote democracy is through education, by building schools, giving free access to the less fortunate children.
Educated children will be able to make better choices for their lives, and will not be enticed by any type of religious or political radicals.
It is rather regrettable that during any election campaign “education” seems to be a back-burner issue, instead of being the main subject.
Money invested in education has a lifelong valuable effect on any society.
There are already many rewards in learning: gaining understanding of yourself and others.
Learning is also the route to more commonplace rewards, like getting into good colleges and getting good jobs.
Teachers’ unions should be agents of progress and not stalemate.
Better salaries for teachers will increase the quality of the school system.
The assumption that underlies the project is simple: people respond to incentives.If you want people to do something, you have to make it worth their while.
This assumption drives virtually all of economic theory.