Consumers Quote by Ivan Illich

Now, I have nothing against the public school system as it is presently organized, once you allow the humor of its basic assumption about…

— Shirley Jackson

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

Just and equal society could be made by drastically improving the condition of India's public schools.

— Atishi

Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public school behave in the right way, but…

— Jack Whitehall

We will be able to achieve a just and prosperous society only when our schools ensure that everyone commands enough shared background knowledge to…

— Edward Hirsch

“Shorn of unattractive language about "robots" who will be producing taxes and not burglarizing homes, the general idea that schools in ghettoized communities must…

— Jonathan Kozol

If schooling becomes little more than preparation for the job market and consumption, it cannot produce socially responsible and altruistic citizens.

— Guy Standing

The plain, unvarnished truth is that public education is a shoddy, fraudulent piece of goods sold t to the public at an astronomical price.…

— Samuel Blumenfeld

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

— May Sarton

There really shouldn't be public schools, should there?

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

“Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average citizen should be content with their humble role in life.”

— Anonymous

We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families. The era of defining public education…

— Jeb Bush