Areas Quote by Jonathan Kozol

It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.

— Jonathan Kozol

At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority…

— Jonathan Kozol

The public school system is not about educating black children. Never has been. Inner-city schools are about social control. Period. They’re operated as holding…

— Barack Obama

No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years. It denies…

— Jonathan Kozol

The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their…

— Marla Gibbs

We cannot ignore the disparity in resources that continue to plague many of our school systems, especially those serving predominantly inner-city minority and impoverished…

— Diane Watson

Too many of our children are being left behind, especially in our inner city schools.

— Damian Green

I grew up in an upper-middle-class town with a population around 12,000. My high school held around a thousand kids. All smart. We had…

— Jeffrey Gitomer

“Currently, “minority” students represent a majority in all but two of our twenty-five largest cities, and by some estimates, the turn of the century…

— Lisa Delpit

“If we want to, say, develop schools in disadvantaged communities that can successfully counteract the poisonous atmosphere of their surrounding neighborhoods, this tells us…

— Malcolm Gladwell

There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs…

— Al Sharpton

One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population.

— Wendy Craig