"I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education."
― Jonathan Kozol
Topic(s):
Education
More From Jonathan Kozol
- "We are now operating a school system in America that’s more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King."
- "The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail."
- "Now, I don’t expect what I write to change things. I think I write now simply as a witness. This is how it is. This is what we have done. This is what we have permitted."
More In Education
- "Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run."― Mark Twain
- "The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education."― Plutarch
- "If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others."― Clay Aiken