“ There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an innercity child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on a highstakes standardized exam but does not hold the high officials of our government accountable for robbing her of what they gave their own kids six or seven years before. ”
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“ One hundred years before the present government existed, a powerful leader, Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia, stated his views in clear, unflinching terms. "I thank God," he said, that "there are no free schools nor printing [in this land]. For learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing hath divulged them...God save us from both! ”
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“ There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an innercity child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on a highstakes standardized exam but does not hold the high officials of our government accountable for robbing her of what they gave their own kids six or seven years before. ”
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“ One hundred years before the present government existed, a powerful leader, Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia, stated his views in clear, unflinching terms. "I thank God," he said, that "there are no free schools nor printing [in this land]. For learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing hath divulged them...God save us from both! ”
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“ If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded schools, we will have to allow those public funds to be used for any type of private school. ”
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“ Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs. ”
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“ Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools. ”
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“ More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build alot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities… ”
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“ I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our schools have become all over again. Most textbooks are not honest in what they teach our high school students. ”
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“ Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools. ”
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“ More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build a lot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities. ”
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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. ”
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“ Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools. ”
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“ You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible. ”
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“ The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory. ”
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“ Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions. ”
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“ I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education. ”
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“ Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs. ”
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“ I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our schools have become all over again. Most textbooks are not honest in what they teach our high school students. ”
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“ Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools. ”
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“ More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build alot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities… ”
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“ But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. We're not valuing a child for the time in which she actually is a child. ”
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“ More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build alot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities… ”
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“ You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible. ”
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