Benefit Quote by Angela Rayner

Conservatives have always embraced the idea of grammar schools - that giving a top tier education to bright children from working class backgrounds provides…

— Dawn Foster

I'm not arguing for a return to the grammar school system, but there must be a way of identifying bright kids from ordinary backgrounds…

— Andrew Neil

People from my sort of background needed grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn.

— Margaret Thatcher

“Virtually all of the advantage that wealthy students have over poor students is the result of differences in the way privileged kids learn while…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Grammar schools are about stigmatising children, not on the grounds of their ability, but on their background.

— Angela Rayner

I think the prospect of bringing back grammar schools has always been wrong and I've never supported it. And I don't think any Conservative…

— David Cameron

I believe the public schools are the greatest cultural influence in this country.

— Phyllis Schlafly

It is obvious to any observer that in every western country the increase of importance of public schools has been at least coincident with…

— John Dewey

Good schools underpin not only our economy, but the social fabric of our lives.

— Donald L. Carcieri

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more…

— William Weld

Parents and grandparents ought to understand the importance of making sure the next generation excels - and charter schools have proven extraordinarily successful nearly…

— Rachel Campos-Duffy

The Margaret Thatchers of this country made it through - like I did - because of the grammar school system, which gave the opportunity…

— Andrew Neil