Quotes about Public Schools

Recent decades clearly demonstrate that the more secular our Public Schools become the less successful they become academically. Votes: 3

My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher. Votes: 3

Public Schools too often fail because they are shielded from the very force that improves performance and sparks innovation in nearly every other human enterprise - competition. Votes: 3

Study after study affirms what I saw in the classroom every day as superintendent of Denver Public Schools: Nothing makes a bigger difference for student learning than great teaching. Votes: 3

Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus on any particular school district, was simply used to illustrate this position. Votes: 3

I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University. Votes: 3

When I was superintendent of Denver Public Schools, I saw the potential of some of our best and brightest students cut short, punished for the actions of others - kids who had grown up and done well in our school system, and kids who know no other home but America. This is unacceptable. Votes: 3

Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school. Votes: 1

In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great. Votes: 1

Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that communication between the races has broken down. Votes: 1

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood. Votes: 1

Providing better computer science education in public schools to kids, and encouraging girls to participate, is the only way to rewrite stereotypes about tech and really break open the old-boys' club. Votes: 1

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world. Votes: 1

Public schools helped create the idea of America and inculcate Americans with a few rudiments of knowledge. To judge by that very American item, the Internet, a few rudiments is all anyone cares to have. Votes: 1

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals. Votes: 1

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally. Votes: 1

Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond. Votes: 1

There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population has to be dismantled. Efforts against the U.S. Postal Service are particularly surreal. Votes: 1

It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia. Votes: 1

Second, when comparing private school and public school test scores, it's like apples and oranges. Public schools have to take everyone, but private schools can be selective. It's not accurate or fair to compare the job they do. Votes: 1

In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education. Votes: 1

What are called 'public schools' in many of America's wealthy communities aren't really 'public' at all. In effect, they're private schools, whose tuition is hidden away in the purchase price of upscale homes there, and in the corresponding property taxes. Votes: 1

Our public schools arbitrarily define science as explaining the world by natural processes alone. In essence, a religion of naturalism is being imposed on millions of students. They need to be taught the real nature of science, including its limitations. Votes: 1

I grew up going to public school, and they were huge public schools. I went to a school that had 3,200 kids, and I had grade school classes with 40-some kids. Discipline was rigid. Most of the learning was rote. It worked. Votes: 1

A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public libraries, public transportation, public hospitals, public parks, public museums, public recreation, public universities, and so on. Votes: 1

It's time to update traditional public schools, charter schools, home schools, online schools and parochial schools. Let the dollars follow the child instead of forcing the child to follow the dollars, so that every child has the opportunity to attain an education. Votes: 1

A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than handing them iPads. Votes: 1

Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated. Votes: 1

I'm very, very concerned ultimately, as Medicaid costs increase in my state and most states, it's going to reduce funding for state aid to our public schools, to our higher education institution or higher taxes on the middle class that President Obama said he didn't want to do. And that's exactly where he's headed. Votes: 1

With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.' Votes: 1

For digital natives, public schools are jails Votes: 0

Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy. Votes: 0

Close Dept. of Education, but don't dismantle public schools. Votes: 0

Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality. Votes: 0

Out of the public schools comes the greatness of the nation. Votes: 0

My top priority is to stop the cuts to our public schools. Votes: 0

Drop out of the public schools. The public schools cannot be compromised with. Votes: 0

I believe the public schools are the greatest cultural influence in this country. Votes: 0

It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins. Votes: 0

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me. Votes: 0

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me. Votes: 0

Free education for all children in public schools... Combination of education with industrial production Votes: 0

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools. Votes: 0

The Ten Commandments being taken out of the public schools. I want them back. Votes: 0

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. Votes: 0

You won't believe what our kids are eating in the public schools. It's just nuts. Votes: 0

If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also. Votes: 0

We don't have drama in public schools in France. I had never taking an acting class. Votes: 0

Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools? Votes: 0

Public schools teaching students to hate America as the left appeases Muslims with "religious literacy training." Votes: 0

The concept of religious freedom is largely ignored in the curriculum of our nation's public schools. Votes: 0

Nowadays, with history not being taught anymore in American public schools, self-esteem is taking its place. Votes: 0

If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools. Votes: 0

The ACLU's various policies regarding religious freedom in public schools are a revealing collection of anti-religious bias. Votes: 0

Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety. Votes: 0

Doesn't anything socialistic make you want to throw up? Like great public schools, or health insurance for all? Votes: 0

Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence. Votes: 0

Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department Votes: 0

Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place. Votes: 0

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall. Votes: 0

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall. Votes: 0

America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation. Votes: 0

As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards. Votes: 0

Our public schools began as ministries of the church; now it is time to return them to the Lord. Votes: 0

Our public schools began as ministries of the church; now it is time to return them to the Lord. Votes: 0

American education will be determined by the quality of American public education, and that's public schools that are available. Votes: 0

You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger. Votes: 0

I was born and raised in California and benefited from California's excellent public schools, from kindergarten through medical school. Votes: 0

I do not believe any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States. Votes: 0

[The notion of separating church and state with such policies as disallowing prayer in public schools] is a deception from Satan. Votes: 0

The Ku Klux Klan stands for free speech, free public schools, the open Bible for our people and for 100% American citizenship. Votes: 0

And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents. Votes: 0

Its amazing that so many kids turn out to be fairly normal, considering the weird socialization they get in public schools. Votes: 0

I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools. Votes: 0

A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge. Votes: 0

I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college. Votes: 0

When I was growing up, there were a lot more arts in the public schools. Politically, America has screwed up on that. Votes: 0

Any time you have poverty, joblessness, sub-par public schools, and a lack of opportunity, you're going to have a high rate of crime. Votes: 0

Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure. Votes: 0

90 percent of American schoolchildren are in public schools. And the emphasis on private schools and charter schools and parochial schools is not unimportant. Votes: 0

Half the Christian churches of New York are trying to ruin the free public schools in order to replace them by religious dogma. Votes: 0

As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly. Votes: 0

Did it ever occur to anyone that if you put nice libraries in public schools you wouldn't have to put them in prisons? Votes: 0

As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly. Votes: 0

We're going to bring back God and the Bible and drive the gods of secular humanism right out of the public schools of America. Votes: 0

Legislatures not driven to desperation by the problems of public education may be able to see the threat in vouchers negotiable in sectarian schools. Votes: 0

Charter schools are just public schools on a slightly longer leash. A dog on a long leash is still a dog on a leash. Votes: 0

For the primary and secondary school years, we will aid public schools serving low-income families and assist students in both public and private schools. Votes: 0

While vast sums of money are being siphoned off into hidden [military] coffers, Americas schools, hospitals and public services are facing cutbacks and closures. Votes: 0

When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students. Votes: 0

When you wage war on the public schools, you're attacking the mortar that holds the community together. You're not a conservative, you're a vandal. Votes: 0

If you want a good education, go to private schools. If you can't afford it, tough luck. You can go to the public school. Votes: 0

The public schools shall be free from sectarian influences and, above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed. Votes: 0

I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but did not live there. Votes: 0

American politician doesWe're going to bring back God and the Bible and drive the gods of secular humanism right out of the public schools of America. Votes: 0

I hate the fact that public schools like the one I went to have fantastic sports facilities, and state schools don't. That's not fair. That's outrageous. Votes: 0

Harvard produces leaders. People with Harvard degrees go on to become administrators in high-level positions in state educational departments and in public schools around the country. Votes: 0

We all know that great leaders can create great successes...success for the Chicago public education fund is to bring great leaders into Chicago's public schools. Votes: 0

Many years ago Christian pioneers had to fight savage Indians. Today missionaries of these former cultures are being sent via the public schools to heathenize our children. Votes: 0

Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under ever changing guises. Votes: 0

The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is. Votes: 0

That should be the goal, is that every kid in every neighborhood, despite whatever challenges they may face, are getting a great education in our public schools. Votes: 0

We cannot go beyond the consumer society unless we first understand that obligatory public schools inevitably reproduce such a society, no matter what is taught in them. Votes: 0

I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for these kind of texts themselves. Votes: 0

Almost all the students who make it to Caltech, one of the best scientific universities in the world, come from public schools. So it can be done. Votes: 0

If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them. Votes: 0

I was aware that a quarter of the children in the country are born in poverty, and that the condition of public schools in California was disastrous. Votes: 0

I see bright kids trapped in public schools that are just warehousing them. As an educator this makes me scared. As Secretary of State, this makes me terrified. Votes: 0

And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful. Votes: 0

American [public] schools are failing because they are organized according to a bureaucratic, monopolistic model; their organizing principle is basically the same as that of a socialist economy. Votes: 0

For decades, the public school system failed too many children, so we passed the No Child Left Behind Act and demanded schools show results in return for money. Votes: 0

As the son of a union activist and a lifelong Democrat, I've always thought that privatizing our public schools is not the answer. We must strengthen public schools. Votes: 0

I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools. Votes: 0

I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools Votes: 0

Private schools have been attacking public schools and really I was just a pawn in their game. I speak at schools of all ages on a regular basis. Votes: 0

Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools could just achieve mediocrity. Votes: 0

In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded Jewish children from higher education in public schools. Votes: 0

I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child in American public schools receives. Votes: 0

God has virtually been made an illegal subject in that state institution most devoted to the shaping of the minds and values of our people - the public schools. Votes: 0

Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the purest examples of socialism existing in America. Votes: 0

It is not envy or malice, as so many people think, but utter despair that has persuaded many educational reformers to recommend the abolition of the English public schools. Votes: 0

Let me go to Clinton's new proposal: to have uniforms in public schools. And people are doing that. How come they're doing that? Dress codes! I find that abhorrent. Votes: 0

We used to have superb public schools. I guess we don't anymore, but, boy, the public schools were really something and I am a product of those in Indianapolis. Votes: 0

The schools, the courts, the media - all seem determined to erase Christian influence from public life and confine religion to the four walls of the church or home. Votes: 0

It is obvious to any observer that in every western country the increase of importance of public schools has been at least coincident with the relaxation of older family ties. Votes: 0

We took the Bible and prayer out of public schools, and now we're having weekly shootings practically. We had the 60s sexual revolution, and now people are dying of AIDS. Votes: 0

I hope that schools have changed since I was a little girl. My memory of the teaching of the public schools is that it showed the brutal incomprehension of children. Votes: 0

There were no politics to polarize us then, to magnify every slight. The "negroes" of Washington had their public schools, restaurants, bars, movie houses, playgrounds and churches; and we had ours. Votes: 0

Women have to be very vigilant, and demand the very best in public schools, health care and pay, those things that men and women of this state value are at risk. Votes: 0

The misconceptions about grammar posted on the Net are at least as bad as the misconceptions about evolution, presumably because American public schools do an equally bad job of teaching both Votes: 0

This notion of public-school doors being barred to God would have confounded not only the founding fathers but also those who attended American public schools as recently as the early 1960s. Votes: 0

In America our public schools are intended to be religiously neutral. Our teachers and schools are neither to endorse nor to inhibit religion. I believe this is a very good thing. Votes: 0

On the [Betsy] DeVos case, I agree that the gun - her gun position is kind of weird, kind of crazy, but I do think she does know about public schools. Votes: 0

I attended the public schools.And I have happy memories and strong memories of those days and good memories of the good sense and the decency of my friends and my neighbors. Votes: 0

At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment. Votes: 0

As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment of silence' is a deafening roar to a nonbeliever. Votes: 0

Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools. Votes: 0

From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on such things money should be eagerly spent. Votes: 0

I think the philosophy in our public schools, and many other institutions today, is that a dose of God is more hazardous to your health than a dose of herpes or drugs. Votes: 0

I was sent to the regular public schools until I had to go to Belmont Hill. Because I wasn't doing anything. The public school was nothing, just a total waste of time. Votes: 0

The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends despite my ineptitude at team sports and my preference for reading. Votes: 0

I believe that the fact and the reality of homosexuality and heterosexuality and of opposite and same-gender unions should be taught in our public schools without a value judgement system also being offered. Votes: 0

I grew up believing in meritocracy and the American dream. My parents came here from India. They had no connections. My brother and I went to public schools, and both of us succeeded. Votes: 0

Our public schools need to be in the control of parents and the community, as opposed to businessmen who see the $23 billion budget as a means to giving no-bid contracts to their cronies. Votes: 0

When you say you don't think we should have public schools, they can't believe you mean that. You must mean that they should be smaller. But you can't really mean no public schools. Votes: 0

I went to public schools, and while Gary was, like most American cities, racially segregated, it was at least socially integrated - a cross section of children from families of all walks of life. Votes: 0

I am inclined to agree with the Head Master of Eton that pæderastic passions among schoolboys 'do no harm'; further, I think them the only redeeming feature of sexual life at public schools. Votes: 0

My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months. Votes: 0

I hope to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we don't have public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. Votes: 0

There is no moral absolute, and this leads us to situational ethics, which unfortunately is being taught in public schools all over America. This means that right and wrong is dependent upon the circumstances. Votes: 0

My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for over 30 years in the public schools. She's definitely got some war stories. Votes: 0

As a retired educator I have seen first-hand the impact a great education can have on a young person's life. I will always be a champion for public schools, our teachers, and our children. Votes: 0

My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers came into our community to open up the public schools to black kids. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, race still determines too much, often determines where people live, determines what kind of education in their public schools they can get, and, yes, it determines how they're treated in the criminal justice system. Votes: 0