As public schools deteriorate, the upper-middle class and wealthy send their kids to private ones. As public pools and playgrounds decay, the… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I went to public schools in Bangor, Maine, and had as normal a childhood as you could imagine someone could, living in… — Owen King Copy Share Image
The arts are suffering amongst public schools, but also, minority theater companies are struggling, and I firmly believe in freedom of expression… — Nelsan Ellis Copy Share Image
As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Everything now has to be fully accountable,” Peter Plagens, a New York painter and art critic, told the online magazine Salon in… — Michael Sokolove Copy Share Image
Ask a fellow if he favors organized prayer in the public schools. If he says 'No' he's a liberal. If he says… — Vin Suprynowicz Copy Share Image
“when affluent, educated parents decide to homeschool, public schools lose out on involved PTA parents and capable school-improvement advocates. Or when parents… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“I did feel a concentrated dislike for those boys, who couldn't submit to the odd faithless girlfriend, needling classmate, or dose of… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
The public schools in our neighborhood were so bad that the teachers in the school said you shouldn't send your kids here.… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
“One reason for the popularity of music with a beat is that, once public schools began to drop music from their curriculum,… — Brian A. Wren Copy Share Image
I went to several public schools. I went to religious school. I was thrown out of Hebrew school, which was the final… — Richard Belzer Copy Share Image
Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the… — Tom L. Johnson Copy Share Image
When you wage war on the public schools, you're attacking the mortar that holds the community together. You're not a conservative, you're… — Garrison Keillor 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
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
“Because our current educational system now graduates students lacking even minimal historical knowledge, citizens are misled by outlandish charges Modernists make about… — David Barton Copy Share Image
But that's the way America rolls nowadays. Consensus, laws and treaties are out. Smug, religion-soaked majoritarianism is in fashion. It is not… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
I'll put working families first by fighting to increase access to affordable health care, improve our public schools, and create more jobs… — Andy Beshear Copy Share Image
Americans, like many citizens of rich countries, take for granted the legal and regulatory system, the public schools, health care and social… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
I think there are really are some public schools, incredibly successful public schools, that are inculcating a real educational ethic in their… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The most confident people in Britain are those who went to top public schools and Trotskyists. — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
I'm very, very concerned ultimately, as Medicaid costs increase in my state and most states, it's going to reduce funding for state… — Dave Heineman Copy Share Image
If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools. — Jim DeMint Copy Share Image
