Marrett says that she hopes to boost EHR's budget, using the public's heightened interest in science education as a lever, and increase collaborations with the rest of the foundation, other federal agencies, and the nonprofit sector.
But, let us remember: education is the lever that moves everything forward, but education alone does not equal empowerment.
Tim Ferriss, the productivity guru, remarked that "education is the Archimedes' lever for cultivating problem solvers, rather than people who are part of the problem".
We have a public-perception crisis fueled in part by the Obama administration's use of higher education as a political lever and in part by the media storm fed by venture capital over massive open online courses, or MOOCs.
"The more girls you get into school, the more society improves as a whole," said Mr. Ihebuzor, who explained that UNICEF Somalia sees education "as being the lever by which society can change".
Coupled with education, technology is the ultimate lever that allows people to produce more while "working" less and achieving a better quality of life.
He saw reflective thinking in the education of individuals as a lever for the development of a wider democratic society.
However, as teaching and learning constitute a major part of education, and in order to lever and transfer findings to a more general level, sociocultural frameworks, like communities of practice, can help broaden the perspective [ 11].
Rats were initially trained to press levers (lever training).
"As an education policymaker you have multiple levers you can pull to improve performance," Anderson said.
