Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your co…

Marian Wright Edelman
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Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. ✨ Marian Wright Edelman (2013). The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, p.18, Beacon Press
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