Quote by Jonathan Kozol
By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any

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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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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Education
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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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Learning
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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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Christmas
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Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God. – Charles Horton Cooley

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Failure

And I went to New York and died for 10 years I walked those pavements. I cant think of New York without feeling uncomfortable and feeling like a failure. – Harvey Korman

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Failure

So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse. – John Drinkwater

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Failure

I have always believed that its important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. – T. Boone Pickens

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Failure

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I still indulge in a glass of wine or chocolate – treats are mandatory. Without deviating from the day-to-day healthy diet once in a while, it wouldnt be sustainable for me, and thats what I wanted: an approach to eating to last my entire life. – Alanis Morissette

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To him who is in fear everything rustles. – Sophocles

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One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring. – Thomas Sowell

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