Quote by Jonathan Kozol
No Child Left Behinds fourth-grade gains arent learning gains, the

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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So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with the knowledge that our victories are contaminated because the game has been rigged to our advantage. – Jonathan Kozol

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Knowledge
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We are now operating a school system in America thats more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King. – Jonathan Kozol

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Death
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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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When I have the time at home, Ill practice three or four hours a day. I have to. And Im a late starter I started at age 17 and at age 51 Im still learning. – Bruce Hornsby

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Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. Ill read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. Ive never found an easy way. – Paul Lynde

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The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. – Robertson Davies

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Im learning something all the time. Thats the way I want it to go, and thats the way Ill go until I am no longer on this planet. – Doris Roberts

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