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Apartheid education, rarely mentioned in the press or openly confr

Apartheid education, rarely mentioned in the press or openly confronted even among once-progressive educators, is alive and well and rapidly increasing now in the United States. – Jonathan Kozol

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By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there. – Jonathan Kozol

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Failure
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At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains in my chest for two years while I was writing that book. – Jonathan Kozol

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No Child Left Behinds fourth-grade gains arent learning gains, theyre testing gains. Thats why they dont last. The law is a distraction from things that really count. – Jonathan Kozol

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Health care and education, in my view, are next up for fundamental software-based transformation. – Marc Andreessen

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If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. – Plato

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To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education. – Jonathan Sacks

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Television could perform a great service in mass education, but theres no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. – Tallulah Bankhead

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The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on science and art are as well. – Anton Chekhov

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