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I went to a fairly normal, middle-of-the-road public school in a suburb of New Orleans, but it gave me huge opportunities.

— Sal Khan

Growing up in Flint, Michigan, I saw so many kids from my school end up in jail or unemployed, and gangs would hang out…

— Claressa Shields

I went to big, broken, under-resourced public schools, but we had a real sense of community, because those were days in the '50s and…

— Deval Patrick

It is true that I grew up in an affluent neighborhood and went to a prestigious school. But there were horrors that went on…

— Kirby Wright

I grew up in a segregated community: I couldn't go to the public schools, beaches, certain parts of town.

— Bryan Stevenson

I went to a number of schools when I was a kid on the south side of Chicago.

— Melvin Van Peebles

There have always been ­gangland-type areas in Nottingham - but what's really hit me hard is kids as young as eight are now carrying…

— Jermaine Jenas

When I was younger, I was thinking of ways I could get respect so people wouldn't bother me. I was down for whatever. I…

— Lil B

When I was coming up as a kid, there were programs that kept me out of trouble and on the straight and narrow in…

— Warren Moon

I grew up in a rough area, went to an all-black school, public school.

— DeMarcus Cousins

I had a hard time going to school. I probably wasn't the most pleasant young person to be around. I kept a very tight…

— Dean Ambrose

I went to a public school in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and it's a very rural community. I was an artist kid, and I just…

— Crystal Bowersox