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I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every

I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education. – Jonathan Kozol

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During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed. – 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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And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mothers push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education. – Sam Donaldson

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I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. – Annie Dillard

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Education aims to give you a boost up the ladder of knowledge. Too often, it just gives you a cramp on one of its rungs. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Ive seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and Ive seen people with no education in the field turn out to be people that I admire quite a bit. – Ron Silver

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