Public education Quotes

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

— Noam Chomsky

It is possible to have a public education system that works.

— James Wolfensohn

In The Field Of Public Education, The Doctrine Of 'Separate But Equal' Has No Place

— Earl Warren

In the U.S., we believe the best way to improve lives is to improve public education.

— Bill Gates

We also call for free public education going forward. We know it pays for itself.

— Jill Stein

We need better public education and more realistic education.

— Carl Hart

Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.

— May Sarton

I think there is widespread agreement that there is a crisis in public education.

— Mitch Kapor

“I want to kidnap kids and force them to take useless tests all day long. Wait, that’s what our public education system…

— Jarod Kintz

Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid.

— Tracy Kidder

While Matt Bevin insults and bullies educators, I care about showing our teachers respect, protecting their pensions, and making public education a…

— Andy Beshear

We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.

— Earl Warren

You can't have public health without working with the public sector. You can't have public education without working with the public sector…

— Paul Farmer

You can't create a successful politics of support for public education on the basis of asking voters not to care about skills,…

— Nicholas Lemann

I was born to a single mother and often struggled to find my next meal. With the right opportunities from public education…

— Jaime Harrison

American education will be determined by the quality of American public education, and that's public schools that are available.

— Mark Shields

We hear talk now about reforming public education. There are billions of dollars at stake for such a reform. But I have…

— Nat Hentoff

Being here in Detroit, our public education in this city is - it's shocking. And the oversight of it and the oversight…

— Mitch Albom

I had been raised in the mountains of Idaho by a father who distrusted many of the institutions that people take for…

— Tara Westover

The instruction furnished is not good enough for the youth of such a country ... There is not even any systematic instruction…

— Harriet Martineau

Our public education system does a great job. I don't think it's broken. We aren't interested in doing reform for reform's sake.…

— Denise Juneau

Everything that we believe in and count on is really in question right now. Our safety net, public education, housing, health care,…

— Ai-jen Poo

“Before that, she was an elementary school teacher, until the state stripped the unions of collective bargaining rights in the Right to…

— Karl Taro Greenfeld

We can build wealth in all our communities, value public education, plan for our neighborhoods, invest in housing we can afford and…

— Michelle Wu

Letting things slide is always the easiest thing to do, in parenting no less than in banking, public education, and environmental protection.…

— Elizabeth Kolbert

If Americans wish to preserve a country they will recognize, then the first step is to recognize the enemy. Public education is…

— Charley Reese

More generally, independent farmers had to be trained to become docile workers in the expanding industrial system. It was necessary to drive…

— Noam Chomsky

To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business…

— Eli Broad

Until the Left took over American public education in the second half of the 20th century, it was generally excellent - look…

— Dennis Prager

I have been long sensible that while I was endeavoring to render our country the greatest of all services, that of regenerating…

— Thomas Jefferson

The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told…

— Fran Lebowitz

“Listening to the debates about public schools on the Christian Right, one hears plenty of opposing opinions and a great deal of…

— Katherine Stewart

“It was against this backdrop that the great fortunes were made, fortunes which allowed the first families to dominate the society of…

— David Halberstam

“These new taxes and the nationalization of finance meant the U.S. government would soon be dealing with a healthy budget surplus. Universal…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“..."extreme capitalism": the obsessive, uncritical penetration of the concept of the market into every aspect of American life, and the attempt to…

— James K. Galbraith

“Frances Wright was a writer, founder of a utopian community, immigrant from Scotland in 1824, a fighter for the emancipation of slaves,…

— Howard Zinn

“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart…

— John F. Kennedy

“Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal (...). There is a tendency (...) for certain people to use this…

— Harper Lee

“The corporate reform movement has co-opted progressive themes and language in the service of radical purposes. Advocating the privatization of public education…

— Diane Ravitch

“Public education does not serve a public. It creates a public. And in creating the right kind of public, the schools contribute…

— Neil Postman