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“Education is an intervention,”

— Meg Jay

Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do I mean…

— James Heckman

When kids are really little, they all look the same. No speech, no social relatedness, cannot emphasize enough the importance of early educational intervention.

— Temple Grandin

“Comparisons must be enforced within the scope of the eyespan, a fundamental point occasionally forgotten in practice.”

— Edward Tufte

To behold, is not necessary to observe, and the power of comparing and combining is only to be obtained by education. It is much…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

“dozens of school districts forwent federal funding rather than integrate their schools.”

— Isabel Wilkerson

“The larger purpose of school integration was to solve the American dilemma, but integration had three specific goals of its own: Lift black academic…

— Jared Taylor

Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their…

— Arne Duncan

In schools where parent involvement is greater, you do have higher achievement levels and better functioning, better performing schools.

— Michelle Rhee

The social science on the impact of desegregation is clear. Researchers have consistently found that students in integrated schools - irrespective of ethnicity, race,…

— Clint Smith

“Our schools will not improve if we continue to focus only on reading and mathematics while ignoring the other studies that are essential elements…

— Diane Ravitch

A problem of future research is to clarify how young children learn what type of social comparative information is most useful for efficacy evaluation

— Albert Bandura