Education
The system of first school, middle school and high school is used in this area. There are about 10 state schools in Ashington. Schools were first built by the Ashington coal company, but many have since been replaced. There are also two Roman Catholic schools in Ashington. Further Education (after 16) can be taken at Ashington Technical College, which offers A levels, NVQs, vocational courses and various evening classes too. Higher Education, can be taken in Newcastle at Newcastle University which has a medical school or at Northumbria University also in Newcastle.
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
“A good education is another name for happiness.”
—Ann Plato (1820–?)
“Statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, much legislation is moral legislation because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres of life.”
—George F. Will (b. 1941)
“Institutions of higher education in the United States are products of Western society in which masculine values like an orientation toward achievement and objectivity are valued over cooperation, connectedness and subjectivity.”
—Yolanda Moses (b. 1946)