Ability Quote by Matthew Desmond

“But by the end of two years, most have either changed careers or moved to suburban schools - a consequence of low pay, a…

— Barack Obama

When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.

— Arlen Specter

“Half of teachers leave the profession within their first four years, and kids with behaviour challenges and their parents are cited as one of…

— Ross W. Greene

Kids increase people's risk of eviction.

— Matthew Desmond

The teacher crisis is something we are really worried about during the byelection in Mount Albert. I counted, across a month, seven teachers I…

— Jacinda Ardern

We cannot expect systemic success when our teachers are underpaid and under-resourced, or when they split time being caretakers and counselors for our children…

— Stacey Abrams

We know that many boys and girls leave school because of poverty, because they have to work. However, there are an important number of…

— Shakira

I teach at Harvard, and focusing on understanding this problem on a national level is a big priority of mine right now - where…

— Matthew Desmond

When I was superintendent of Denver Public Schools, I saw the potential of some of our best and brightest students cut short, punished for…

— Michael Bennet

African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates.

— Matthew Desmond

School disruption comes from those children who have given up hope.

— Albert Shanker

“The phenomenon of relative deprivation applied to education is called—appropriately enough—the “Big Fish–Little Pond Effect.” The more elite an educational institution is, the worse…

— Malcolm Gladwell