My mother didn't feel very satisfied about the English background that I had received in the public schools in Littleton. So, she… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
Beating up on public schools is not just our nation's favorite blood sport, but also a favorite conversational entertainment of the well-off… — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
My education in the public schools of New York City between 1932 and 1944 was an excellent preparation for a life in… — Robert Fogel Copy Share Image
Marylanders have led the nation in adopting a balanced approach to revenues and investments because we know that in order to maintain… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
And how can we ever again succeed in educating children to become moral men and women if, in America's public schools, we… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York, and I grew up with a mother who was an arts lover herself, and I went… — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
There were no politics to polarize us then, to magnify every slight. The "negroes" of Washington had their public schools, restaurants, bars,… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
You could argue that [the decline of public schools] is one of the major disasters in our lifetimes. We took one of… — Charlie Munger 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
It's time to update traditional public schools, charter schools, home schools, online schools and parochial schools. Let the dollars follow the child… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
In my lifetime, it's the Supreme Court, not Congress, that integrated our public schools, that allowed people of different races to marry,… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
“When every ethnic and religious group claims a right to approve or veto anything that is taught in public schools, cultural pluralism… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
Especially going to Oakland public schools where as a white kid you have to figure out if you're going to sink or… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
I grew up going to public school, and they were huge public schools. I went to a school that had 3,200 kids,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
'Middle class' used to mean having two children and sending them to high-quality public schools, or even occasionally to private schools. It… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
My parents always did things a little bit differently. My three brothers, my sister and I didn't go to normal public schools… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in management consulting for a job that was even more… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into the public schools. Our churches are very strong in… — Michael Newdow Copy Share Image
The foundations demand that public schools and teachers be held accountable for performance, but they themselves are accountable to no one. If… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
Public schools are not simply being corporatized, they are also subjected increasingly to a militarizing logic that disciplines the bodies of young… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
In the Catholic schools, they spend much less money than the public schools, and they get amazing results. Private schools spend much… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
A symptomatic example of the way in which violence has saturated everyday life can be seen in the increased acceptance of criminalizing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
Americans are incredibly religious as a nation, and we have gotten that way by having the government stay out of religion and… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university.… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
It appears that some school officials, teachers, and parents have assumed that religious expression of any type is either inappropriate or forbidden… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
More than 50 percent of kids who play an instrument go on to college, yet music education programs at the inner city… — Clarence Clemons Copy Share Image
In general, I'm in support of promoting art and science in public schools. I think music and science are probably the most… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
There is no moral absolute, and this leads us to situational ethics, which unfortunately is being taught in public schools all over… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
As a retired educator I have seen first-hand the impact a great education can have on a young person's life. I will… — Alma Adams Copy Share Image
Why don't we have enough teachers of math and science in the public schools? One answer is well, if they knew the… — James Harris Simons Copy Share Image
I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the… — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at… — Daniel Nathans Copy Share Image
Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment… — Judith Hayes Copy Share Image
At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
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