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94 Public Education quotes by 69 unique authors

If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is the… — Diane Ravitch
We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had a private notion of children. Your kid is… — Melissa Harris-Perry
The public library is a center of public happiness first, of public education next. — John Cotton Dana
We are afraid to face the hard questions. We are willing to tackle drugs, crime, and public education only if it doesn't cost us any… — J. Irwin Miller
I am very proud of the quality of public education in Nebraska, but I believe we have an obligation to continually assess whether our system… — Dave Heineman
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same… — H. L. Mencken
It's time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance and… — Albert Shanker
Public education has served as a check on the power of parents, and this is another powerful reason for maintaining it. — John Goodlad
No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these… — Carl Hiaasen
In the U.S., we believe the best way to improve lives is to improve public education. — Bill Gates
Letting things slide is always the easiest thing to do, in parenting no less than in banking, public education, and environmental protection. A lack of… — Elizabeth Kolbert
We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education… — Matt Blunt
Public education is an investment in our future. — Matt Blunt
Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without… — James Bryant Conant
I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public… — Barbara Boxer
Education is the key to perpetuation of the [god] virus for the Taliban, Baptist or Catholic. If the virus cannot control public education, it will… — Darrel Ray
Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional.....All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle. — Earl Warren
If Americans wish to preserve a country they will recognize, then the first step is to recognize the enemy. Public education is the enemy. The… — Charley Reese
Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God in… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social… — Bennie Thompson
You cannot get through the density of the propaganda with which the American people, through the dreaded media, have been filled and the horrible public… — Gore Vidal
In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington. Early in… — Zell Miller
I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot… — Mark Foley
Courts should always do the right thing. But if winning were as simple as making a good argument and filing a good brief, then we… — Evan Wolfson
While the romanticized ideal of universal public education resonates with the cognoscenti who oppose vouchers, poor urban families just want the best education for their… — Clarence Thomas

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