"I am opposed to the use of public……" — Jonathan Kozol

"I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education."

— Jonathan Kozol

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106 Quotes by Jonathan Kozol

Jonathan Kozol has 106 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on…
We continue, however, to write about important people, prize-winning people, blacks of grandeur, women of great fire, fame or wit.…
What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the older generation would like you…
Let's concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate…
I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.
The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens.…
If you could lead through testing, the U.S. would lead the world in all education categories. When are people going…
As damaging as the obsessive emphasis on testing often proves to be for kids in general, I believe that the…
Childhood is not merely basic training for utilitarian adulthood. It should have some claims upon our mercy, not for its…
Unlike these powerful grown-ups, children have no ideologies to reinforce, no superstructure of political opinion to promote, no civic equanimity…
So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with…
Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

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More Education Quotes

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them… — Aristotle
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as… — Mary Kay Ash
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe

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