Citizens Quote by Jonathan Kozol

The problem is not that public schools do not work well, but rather that they do. The first goal and primary function of schools…

— Wendy McElroy

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

“The most erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge…

— H.L. Mencken

Public education is a good foundation on which to build a better life for each of us. And if we want to prove to…

— Bill Cosby

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

— P. J. O'Rourke

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

I do believe ultimately the role is of our state government to ensure every child in this state has a great public school education.

— Gretchen Whitmer

[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and…

— H. L. Mencken

It's time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance…

— Albert Shanker

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the…

— H. L. Mencken

“The public education system did not promote the enlightenment of the individual, but rather suppressed critical thought and neurodiversity. It produced preformatted, standardized, and…

— Rajinder Jhol

The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.

— Simon Bolivar