“Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.” KnowsFirstsSeemsWould BeAmericaNationsPerfectLeaderClassImagineStudentsCollegeCitizensCreatingNotionAbsurdSupposed To BeSatDiverseCompositionFilling Author:Eric Liu
“MindSparks has produced some of the best materials on the market for teaching students how to read and write history with intellectual integrity and depth. Rarely have I come across curriculum so useful in helping students become literate, thinking citizens. Bravo.” ThinkingWritingHelpingTeachingStudentsMaterialsCitizensIntegrityIntellectualDepthCurriculumTeaching StudentsBravo Author:Sam Wineburg
“Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in other basic courses, such as U.S. history. Until then, we need to focus on producing well-educated citizens steeped in their country's history and mindful of their civic responsibilities.” IfsNeedsShouldWellsCountryCoursesResponsibilityEnvironmentFocusStudentsCitizensEducatedCivicsWell EducatedProficiencyCivic Responsibility Author:George Nethercutt
“Choosing education is a very good decision, not only good for the student, but also for our country. The United States was the first nation in history to recognize that public education for every citizen, regardless of class or station, was vital to its future . . .” FirstsCountryStatesNationsDecisionUnitedClassUnited StatesStudentsCitizensVery GoodOur CountryStationsPublic EducationGood Decision Book:No Apology: The Case for American Greatness Source: No Apology: The Case for American Greatness
“In I'm Not A Racist, But..., Lawrence Blum offers answers for our time about what race is, who is a racist, and ways for people to talk about the racialized features of our society without falling into name-calling or defensiveness. With exemplary moral and analytic clarity, Blum offers educators, students, lawyers, judges, leaders, and citizens tools for building a nation of equality, comity, and respect for each person.” PeopleWayPersonsFallNamesNationsAnswersRaceLeaderMoralStudentsBuildingJudgingCitizensCallingOffersToolsLawyerClarityFeaturesOur TimeOur SocietyRacistEducatorAnalyticsExemplaryName CallingDefensiveness Author:Martha Minow
“The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty ... students perusal of the sacred volume will make us better citizens.” LibertyStudentsCitizensSacredVolumeCornerstones Author:Thomas Jefferson
“The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on political issues from getting called whores by Oxycontin addicts.” FirstsLawPoliticalIssuesWrittenStudentsCitizensPoliticianProtectInsultAmendmentsAddictFirst AmendmentSpeaking OutLibelPolitical IssuesLaw StudentsOxycontin Author:Bill Maher
“People are always asking, "Is this person in front of me the same on the inside as he or she appears to be on the outside? Is there congruence between what's within that person and the words and actions I'm viewing and hearing externally?" Children ask that about their parents; students ask it about their teachers; parishioners ask it about their pastors and priests; employees ask it about their bosses; and in a democracy, citizens ask it about their political leaders.” PeopleChildrenPersonsActionPoliticalAsksParentLeaderDemocracyTeacherFrontsStudentsCitizensAskingHearingEmployeePriestsBossPastorPolitical LeadersWords And ActionsCongruence Author:Parker J. Palmer
“The fact is that in my prep school, I went to a boarding school, 39 young men graduated from that prep school. Five years later, a quarter of us were in SDS, in Students for Democratic Society. Not because we were particularly chosen or because we were as I say, we were lucky but we were mainly luckily to grow up at a time where this black freedom movement was really defining the moral character of what it meant to be a citizen and a person.” MenYearsPersonsCharacterFactsSchoolYoungGrowsBlackMoralGrowing UpFiveMovementStudentsCitizensLuckyDemocraticChosenYoung ManFive YearsMeant To BeQuartersDefiningDemocratic SocietyMoral CharacterPreps Author:Bill Ayers
“Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget crises, trustees, board members, and administrators may wonder why these state institutions - with an articulated primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff members and a secondary clientele of all citizens of the state - should be spending resources on a digital library that is used by many people beyond the primary and secondary service populations.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldMayStatesUsedWonderWonderfulStudentsCitizensMembersResourcesCrisisInstitutionsLibraryUniversityPopulationCurrentsSpendingAround The WorldPrimariesBudgetsBoardsDigitalFacultyStaffAdministratorsTrusteesBoard MembersStaff Members Author:Tom Peters
“The humanities prepare students to be good citizens and help them understand a complicated, interlocking world. The humanities teach us critical thinking, how to analyze arguments, and how to imagine life from the point of view of someone unlike yourself.” ThinkingWorldHelpingHumanityViewsTeachImagineStudentsCitizensArgumentComplicatedCriticalPoint Of ViewBe GoodCritical ThinkingGood Citizen Author:Martha C. Nussbaum