Children Quote by Diane Watson

As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever.

— Robert Reich

As somebody who visits countless schools, I see firsthand the dire situation our educational system faces.

— Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Poverty is so significant that we can't expect to overcome the impacts of poverty in schools.

— Michelle Rhee

“The low standards of our state-run schools and our weak infrastructure have especially hurt the poor in terms of access: those of us who…

— Nandan Nilekani

Our schools are not geared toward building, preparing kids for the modern economy.

— Davis Guggenheim

Attacking school segregation requires all hands on deck. We in the charter sector must move beyond our traditional comfort zone, serving disadvantaged students, and…

— Eva Moskowitz

School standards need to rise a lot further if the full potential of all our young people, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, is to…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

In this country, we're okay with taking into account wealth and lineage and legacy status, but to look at racial balance in school, to…

— Miguel Cardona

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

It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.

— Jonathan Kozol

The failure of state education in so many white working class areas is utterly unacceptable. Not to talk about it or to have any…

— Wes Streeting

There's a perception that's been put out into the marketplace by No Child Left Behind that schools aren't doing enough for kids.

— Mark Jackson