Debate Quote by Bobby Scott

“Unless we have the wealth to pay for private education, we are compelled by law to go to public school—and to the public school…

— Jonathan Kozol

Schools, the institutions traditionally called upon to correct social inequality, are unsuited to the task; without economic opportunity to follow educational opportunity, the myth…

— Kenneth Keniston

Schools are the single largest lever of mobility in this country. When we commit to creating and enforcing laws that acknowledge the injustice of…

— Clint Smith

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works…

— Jonathan Kozol

If all schools become privatized in the U.S., the poor wouldn't be given vouchers for 'school choice.' They would have no choices.

— Ana Kasparian

“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

If you're going to have a public subsidy to education, vouchers are clearly a better way of delivering it. They should result in some…

— Peter Brimelow

On the surface, public schools can seem egalitarian, especially with their websites' emphasis on words such as 'connection,' 'community,' and 'choice.' Yet despite this…

— Alissa Quart

In the US, the problem is primary and secondary education. We've had such an increase in inequality because a quarter of American kids don't…

— Milton Friedman

“As inequality has grown, as its negative consequences have become harder and harder to ignore, our response has been to put more and more…

— Christopher Hayes

The notion about education has changed and that now it’s sort of much more aligned with, “Well, schools can’t combat poverty. We can’t possibly…

— Michelle Rhee

Well, just as in the quality of public schools, there is massive disparity and the compensation given to the public school teachers.

— Charles Best