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title: "19 Schools Don Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Schools Don quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Schools Don sayings and thoughts."
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> [We want to help schools that don't have money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-gonzalez/we-want-to-help-schools-that-don-t-have-money/)

[Tony Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-gonzalez/)

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> [Too many children today are trapped in schools that don't work for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-devos/too-many-children-today-are-trapped-in-schools-that-don-t-work-for/)

[Betsy DeVos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-devos/)

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> [Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/schools-don-t-really-allow-failure-and-yet-it-s-part-of-any-endeavour/)

[Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/)

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> [The truth is that schools don't really teach anything except how to obey orders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-teach-anything-except-how-to-2/)

[John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/)

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> [Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/schools-don-t-teach-american-history-that-well-especially-a-lot-of/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [I hate the fact that public schools like the one I went to have fantastic sports facilities, and state schools don't. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clare-balding/i-hate-the-fact-that-public-schools-like-the-one-i-went-to-have/)

[Clare Balding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clare-balding/)

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> [Business schools don't create successful people. They simply accept them, then take credit for their success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-kaufman/business-schools-don-t-create-successful-people-they-simply-accept/)

[Josh Kaufman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-kaufman/)

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> [Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/schools-don-t-really-allow-failure-and-yet-it-s-a-valid-part-of-any/)

[Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/)

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> [Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cosby/sex-education-may-be-a-good-idea-in-the-schools-but-i-don-t-believe/)

[Bill Cosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cosby/)

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> [There will always be places in the world where good schools don't exist and good teachers don't want to go, not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/there-will-always-be-places-in-the-world-where-good-schools-don-t/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

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> [The trouble is not that schools don't work; they do. They're excellent machines for achieving historically accepted purposes. In suburban schools are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/the-trouble-is-not-that-schools-don-t-work-they-do-they-re-excellent/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/the-majority-of-the-high-schools-and-the-public-schools-in-n-y-c-don/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

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> [If schools don't make books important then children who come from homes with no books, and who don't visit libraries, will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rosen/if-schools-don-t-make-books-important-then-children-who-come-from/)

[Michael Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rosen/)

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> [The truth is that schools don't really teach anything except how to obey orders. This is a great mystery to me because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-teach-anything-except-how-to/)

[John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/)

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> [Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huey-newton/youths-are-passed-through-schools-that-don-t-teach-then-forced-to/)

[Huey Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huey-newton/)

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> [Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-rodriguez/basically-i-was-a-rebel-growing-up-i-got-kicked-out-of-six-schools/)

[Michelle Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-rodriguez/)

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> [I’ve noticed a fascinating phenomenon in my twenty-five years of teaching - that schools and schooling are increasingly irrelevant to the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/i-ve-noticed-a-fascinating-phenomenon-in-my-twenty-five-years-of/)

[John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/)

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> [“As we're told that 10 percent of all high school education will be computer-based by 2014 and rise to 50 percent by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/as-we-re-told-that-10-percent-of-all-high-school-education-will-be/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

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> [“I've noticed a fascinating phenomenon in my thirty years of teaching: schools and schooling are increasingly irrelevant to the great enterprises of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/i-ve-noticed-a-fascinating-phenomenon-in-my-thirty-years-of-teaching/)

[John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/)

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