American history Quote by Dana Goldstein

“Fifty years after Brown, we should have learned that there is no magic in white classmates. The magic lies at the intersection of educational…

— William Raspberry

When it comes to our precious poor children of all colors, maybe disproportionally in percentage black and white and red, but all colors, yellow…

— Cornel West

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

We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.

— Jonathan Kozol

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

— Jonathan Kozol

“The story of declining school quality across the twentieth century is, for the most part, a fable,” says social scientist Richard Rothstein, whose book…

— Alfie Kohn

“In Hollywood films and television documentaries, the battle lines are clearly drawn. Traditional public schools are bad; their supporters are apologists for the unions.…

— Diane Ravitch

I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents.

— Eric Schlosser

“Another Harvard research project concluded bluntly that by 2004, American schools were just as segregated as they were in 1969, the year after Martin…

— Jared Taylor

Our schools, like so many parts of our infrastructure, are crumbling across the country. Healing our schools can and should be central to our…

— Jamaal Bowman

Until the Left took over American public education in the second half of the 20th century, it was generally excellent - look at the…

— Dennis Prager

What we want is more learning in schools and less activism in schools.

— Scott Morrison