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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A great deal has been written in recent years about the purported lack of motivation in the children of the Negro ghettos. Little in my experience supports this, yet the phrase has been repeated endlessly, and the blame in almost all cases is placed somewhere outside the classroom. – 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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My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. Thats going to be really, really hard. Im glad I learned the lesson, Failure is OK. – Dana Fox

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He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. – James Lane Allen

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One failure is worth seven and a half successes. – Eli Khamarov

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Theres always failure. And theres always disappointment. And theres always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums. – Michael J. Fox

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