I taught public school for 26 years, but I just can't do it anymore. For years I asked the school board to… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Going to public school is like living in bubble, you have no concept of what other people do. — Thighpaulsandra Copy Share Image
Public school teachers in Long Island, New York, saved my life in the '70s. They were involved and invested and helpful. One… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I can't imagine going to an all-girls school. I went to a public school. — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
I cannot but say a word and look my disapproval when I hear that my country is spending millions for war and… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
When Scythrop grew up, he was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him,… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
In many places it is literally not safe physically for youngsters to go to school. And in many schools, and its becoming… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
I was aware that a quarter of the children in the country are born in poverty, and that the condition of public… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
My colleague Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican, erroneously suggested that I support the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to biological… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
I grew up pretty secular. I went to public school, and all the Jews that I knew, none of them were religious.… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Economics now drives politics. This gives us a system in which the relationship between power and politics is no longer fused. Power… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The public school system is damned. Let me tell you how radical I am. Christian students should be in Christian schools. If… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
As soon as Jesus sits on his throne he's gonna rule the world with a rod of iron. That means he's gonna… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
After my parents got divorced, I had to go right into public school in the fourth grade. The Steiner school had never… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
The public school system: "Usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Cincinnati like so many other cities, we know that so many of our schools, when it comes to public schools, are still… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
90 percent of American schoolchildren are in public schools. And the emphasis on private schools and charter schools and parochial schools is… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I'm from East Sheen, I went to public school where I learned Latin at the age of nine, and certain expectations were… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
I'm a nice middle class public schoolboy who underachieved and wasn't going anywhere fast. I didn't get any GCSEs or A-levels. But… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
My sister is a public school teacher. She makes far far less money than I do, and gets almost no public attention… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Creationists have also changed their name ... to intelligent design theorists who study 'irreducible complexity' and the 'abrupt appearance' of life—yet more… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
I knew early on that I wanted to be a reporter, but I didn't know I was a political journalist until my… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a… — William Weld Copy Share Image
