Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
There is an educational cliff we are walking over right this very second. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Osama Bin Laden is not going to come here and destroy America. Our education system is doing that just fine. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Over the past five years, I've met several presidents, several secretaries of education ... and there is no plan. If you want… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
I want my kids to graduate from high school. But that's not enough. I also want them to go to college. Why?… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
How is it we could have a system where schools could remain lousy for 50 years and yet you do exactly the… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
When the safety of America is threatened, we will spend any amount of money. The real safety of our nation is preparing… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
My contract with my teachers is fair, and is two pages. The union contract is 200 pages. You cannot manage your business… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
At a school in Massachusetts where I once worked, we managed early on through consensus. Which sounds wonderful, but it was just… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Let's stop teaching to the middle and start teaching to the student. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
I want my kids to graduate from high school. But that's not enough. I also want them to go to college. Why? Because rich… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
Video games offer violent messages, and even the sports video games include taunting and teasing. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
Convincing people to give your way a try will work if you neutralize - and sometimes you have to cauterize - the ones who… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
When kids know that you refuse to let them fail ... they don't give up as easy. So sometimes they don't have it inside,… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child,… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to spread to… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
How is it we could have a system where schools could remain lousy for 50 years and yet you do exactly the same thing… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
You grow up in America and you're told from day one, 'This is the land of opportunity.' That everybody has an equal chance to… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share
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