Quote by Jonathan Kozol
During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was ter

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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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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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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The inequalities are greater now than in 92. Some states have equalized per-pupil spending but they set the equal level very low, so that wealthy districts simply raise extra money privately. – Jonathan Kozol

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It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education. – Barney Frank

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I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. Thats what I call a liberal education. – Tallulah Bankhead

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I learned a lot from that first record and I learned a lot from my experiences touring, but really the biggest education I got over the past two years was learning the importance of arrangements. – Vanessa Carlton

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My votes against the education bill and my votes against the Medicare bill got huge play at home. – Mike Pence

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