Public schools Quotes · Page 7

In America our public schools are intended to be religiously neutral. Our teachers and schools are neither to endorse nor to inhibit…

— Adam Hamilton

On the [Betsy] DeVos case, I agree that the gun - her gun position is kind of weird, kind of crazy, but…

— David Brooks

My husband and I both attended public schools. We believe in the benefits, both individual and communal, of supporting public schools.

— Kim Brooks

I think there are really are some public schools, incredibly successful public schools, that are inculcating a real educational ethic in their…

— Charles Best

I hope that schools have changed since I was a little girl. My memory of the teaching of the public schools is…

— Isadora Duncan

I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.

— Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Private schools have been attacking public schools and really I was just a pawn in their game. I speak at schools of…

— Gorilla Zoe

I know I've had a charmed experience of being a parent, with healthy kids, a helpful partner, access to good day care,…

— Rumaan Alam

A true infrastructure investment must include transforming our economy to handle the climate crisis, supporting care workers, reforming SSI, making child care…

— Jamaal Bowman

If you are a czar or a king or a president or someone that wants to control those below them you do…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for…

— Ben Affleck

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational…

— Janet Napolitano

“Sadly, too many today take for granted public schools, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, equality before the law, forgetting that these…

— David McCullough

My father loved to complain about big business and big government, but we had a solid middle class upbringing. We had good…

— Hillary Clinton

We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though…

— Earl Warren

Working-class students more often lack the advice, guidance and support needed to navigate the tricky application process, whereas their wealthy peers at…

— Angela Rayner

“Some current critics of the U.S. Supreme Court like to point out that it does not allow the Ten Commandments, though written…

— Dallas Willard

“For what can give a finer example of that frankness and manly self- confidence which our great public schools, and none of…

— Matthew Arnold

There are obvious places in which government can narrow the chasm between haves and have-nots. One is the public schools, which have…

— Anna Quindlen

“Thus, those who now sharply criticize the public schools speak fondly of an era when most schools were racially segregated; when public…

— Diane Ravitch

I used to take musical instruments home from elementary school. There were some music teachers there - we all learned instruments. A…

— Max Roach

Creating a high-functioning education system requires all the strategies involved in building high-functioning organisations anywhere. It requires a deliberate and aggressive strategy…

— Wendy Kopp

Praise God for those of you who do homeschool. I can't emphasize enough: Do what you can to get your kids out…

— Rafael Cruz

I believe that prayer in public schools should be voluntary. It is difficult for me to see how religious exercises can be…

— Gerald R. Ford

And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.

— John Engler

Whoever becomes Education Secretary has to have a love and passion for public schools. Not charter schools, not vouchers, but public schools.

— Jamaal Bowman

Almost all the students who make it to Caltech, one of the best scientific universities in the world, come from public schools.…

— Anonymous

Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent…

— David Brooks

I have to admit that I'm not very good with grammar. They taught grammar in elementary and high school, but I went…

— Trevor Paglen

And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public…

— Warren Beatty

Our public schools began as ministries of the church; now it is time to return them to the Lord.

— Anonymous

Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools?

— B. F. Skinner

I was born and raised in California and benefited from California's excellent public schools, from kindergarten through medical school.

— Ami Bera

As the son of a union activist and a lifelong Democrat, I've always thought that privatizing our public schools is not the…

— Eli Broad

The most confident people in Britain are those who went to top public schools and Trotskyists.

— Harry Enfield

Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald want to have good public schools, good roads and good health care for the people of Wisconsin.…

— Tony Evers

Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place.

— Eugenie Scott

One of my main legislative efforts in education is to help expand and replicate successful charter schools. Charter schools are public schools…

— Jared Polis

For the primary and secondary school years, we will aid public schools serving low-income families and assist students in both public and…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.

— Anonymous