Elementary school Quote by John Grisham

We're spending, on average, three times more for prison than for public-school pupils. That's the dumbest investment policy. It doesn't make us safer.

— Marian Wright Edelman

“In the federal system alone there were 90,000 prisoners locked up for drug offenses, compared with about 40,000 for violent crimes. A federal prisoner…

— Piper Kerman

If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring that millions will end…

— Grace Lee Boggs

In a society where some people are far more educated than others, in which public education is ill-funded - here I am speaking of…

— Adrienne Rich

It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration.

— Bernie Sanders

“Expensive illogicalities and inefficiencies do not worry the monsters of American bureaucracy, and the taxpayers are enthusiastic and eager to spend fortunes in the…

— Howard Marks

“We have been spending far more for prison institutions than for higher education in the last 20 years. What does that say about our…

— Christopher Zoukis

We spend at least $5 for remedial education right now for every dollar we put in early childhood education. All the studies on early…

— Tim Kaine

Crime is a social problem, and education is the only real deterrent. Look at all of us in prison; we were all truants and…

— Wilbert Rideau

Since the late 1970's, the main focus of prisons has been punishment, not rehabilitation. It's hard to believe, but you would be hard-pressed to…

— James Fox

As I have pointed out time and again, it's a hell of a lot cheaper to send little kids to school than it is…

— Molly Ivins