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More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I…
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We continue, however, to write about important people, prize-winning people, blacks of grandeur, women of great fire, fame or wit. We do…
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What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the older generation would like you to believe.…
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Let's concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate kinds of…
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I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.
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The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is…
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If you could lead through testing, the U.S. would lead the world in all education categories. When are people going to understand…
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As damaging as the obsessive emphasis on testing often proves to be for kids in general, I believe that the effects are…
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Childhood is not merely basic training for utilitarian adulthood. It should have some claims upon our mercy, not for its future value…
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Unlike these powerful grown-ups, children have no ideologies to reinforce, no superstructure of political opinion to promote, no civic equanimity or image…
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So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with the knowledge…
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Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.
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In ability choice education finance majorities people understanding voting A lot of voters always cast their ballot for the candidate who seems…
— William Feather
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The evidence here, as elsewhere, suggests that education is certainly relevant, but more because better education is associated with general differences in…
— Mildred Blaxter
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The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better roads, a better economy, though some…
— Hamid Karzai
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...children born today-in both the industrialized world and developing countries-will live longer and be healthier, they will get more food, a better…
— Bjorn Lomborg
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Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education.
— Roy Wilkins
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By hook or by crook, we're going to make sure that when I leave this office, that the country is more prosperous,…
— Barack Obama
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My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It…
— Mila Kunis
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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.
— Charles Schumer
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Please, don't torture me with cliches. If you're going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a…
— Dean Koontz
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...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing…
— Jeannette Walls
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Placing the burden on the individual to break down doors in finding better education for a child is attractive to conservatives because…
— Jonathan Kozol
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When you home study, you get a better education. I basically got to teach myself. Being naturally able to make my own…
— Thora Birch
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