Celebrity culture Quote by Henry Giroux

“For all the talk of education, modern societies neglect to examine by far the most influential means by which their populations are educated. Whatever…

— Alain de Botton

Kathleen Wynne and her band of radical-left cronies think they have a handle on what constitutes human identity and also what should constitute human…

— Jordan Peterson

Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply…

— Diane Ravitch

Too many so-called leaders of the movement have been made into celebrities and their revolutionary fervor destroyed by mass media. They become Hollywood objects…

— Huey Newton

Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously…

— Allan Bloom

Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by teaching disrespect…

— John Taylor Gatto

“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've spent most of my adult life in the United States, and there the celebrity culture has been entrenched for a long time. It…

— Lawrence Osborne

“It is not possible to spend any prolonged period visiting public school classrooms without being appalled by the mutilation visible everywhere—mutilation of spontaneity, of…

— John Holt

In any totalitarian society, dissent is viewed as a threat, civic literacy is denounced, and those public spheres that produce engage citizens are dismantled…

— Henry Giroux

I went to a school that was founded on a lot of very radical ideals of how education should be changed. But what's happening…

— Ezra Miller

The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this…

— Eric Hoffer