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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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The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society. – Jonathan Kozol

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I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. Its blasphemy. – Jonathan Kozol

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Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions. – William Godwin

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I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what theyre doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth. – Evel Knievel

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We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet. – Paul Ryan

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And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background. – Jon Secada

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Remember happiness doesnt depend upon who you are or what you have it depends solely on what you think. – Dale Carnegie

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A liberal education… frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation. – Robert Maynard Hutchins

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