Education Quote by Hugh Jackman

The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.

— May Sarton

America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you…

— Noam Chomsky

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to…

— Janet Napolitano

Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy…

— James Bryant Conant

Public education has served as a check on the power of parents, and this is another powerful reason for maintaining it.

— John Goodlad

I look back and see the kids who made it through school - it made a huge difference in their lives, which made me…

— Denise Juneau

In public schooling, social policy has been turned back almost one hundred years.

— Jonathan Kozol

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to…

— John T. Walton

People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare.

— Azim Premji

I've been an advocate for public education for a long time. It's the way people are able to improve their lives.

— Mary Burke