Quote by Diane Ravitch

“By comparing prior test scores, Sanders reasoned that the racial and socioeconomic characteristics of that student became unimportant. In effect, Sanders treated student learning…

— Diane Ravitch

“I took a course at Cal once called Statistical Analysis. And there was a guy in the course who used to make up all…

— Mort Sahl

We measure the success of schools not by the kinds of human beings they promote but by whatever increases in reading scores they chalk…

— Kenneth Keniston

“He never sat an examination in economics: his knowledge came from pondering problems and discussing them as much as from book-learning.”

— Richard Davenport-Hines

My mother was an economics professor. I'm proficient in math, and statistics, game theory, symbolic logic and all of that.

— Dave Hickey

Statistics is the grammar of science.

— Karl Pearson

I was in charge of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So I had some of the most brilliant mathematical statistical minds in the country,…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Bernie Sanders is an impressive guy. His authenticity and his credibility stem precisely from the fact that he has been marginalized from the mainstream…

— Ted Rall

Second, they [those who disagree with market efficiency] always claim they know a man, a bank, or a fund that does do better. Alas,…

— Paul Samuelson

[Statistics] The science that can prove everything except the usefulness of statistics.

— Evan Esar

Bernie Sanders has inspired millions of people in this country.

— Viggo Mortensen

I know that everybody who supported Bernie Sanders supported him because they believe that college debt is too high. They believe that the minimum…

— Keith Ellison