#schools

Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#dependence #his #insofar #only #opportunities

As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans. ↗

— Gary Neville

#ever #fans #football #gets #grown

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#corporal #punishment #reintroduce #schools #teachers

Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#arnold #arnold schwarzenegger #bad #california #calling

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#education #given #good #good idea #homework

Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of marriage is one of the fundamental building blocks of society. The repercussions of enacting same-sex marriage into law will be immense. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#building #building blocks #enacting #fundamental #huge

I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it's unfortunate. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#become #civics #concerned #education #had

The No Child Left Behind Program was an incentive to the schools to get their kids up to snuff on math and science and reading. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#child #get #incentive #kids #left

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. ↗

— Barack Obama

#desire #education #get #grades #investing

Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#am #art #arts #because #been