“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.” PeopleCountryStatesSchoolLevelsLeaderPositionProduceGoes OnDegreesEducationalDepartmentPublic SchoolHarvardHigh LevelAdministrators Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“I hold that in this country there must be complete severance of Church and State; that public moneys shall not be used for the purpose of advancing any particular creed; and therefore that the public schools shall be nonsectarian and no public moneys appropriated for sectarian schools.” CountryStatesSchoolUsedPurposeReligionChurchAtheismParticularPresidentialCreedsPublic SchoolChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateAdvancingSeparation Between Church And StateFounding Fathers Atheist Book:Fear God and Take Your Own Part Source: Fear God and Take Your Own Part
“I believe that prayer in public schools should be voluntary. It is difficult for me to see how religious exercises can be a requirement in public schools, given our Constitutional requirement of separation of church and state. I feel that the highly desirable goal of religious education must be principally the responsibility of church and home. I do not believe that public education should show any hostility toward religion, and neither should it inhibit voluntary participation, if it does not interfere with the educational process.” IfsFeelsShouldBelieveDoeStatesShowsHomeSchoolGivenI BelieveProcessDifficultGoalChurchReligiousPrayerResponsibilityExerciseEducationalSeparationPresidentialInterfereRequirementsParticipationDesirablePublic SchoolHostilityChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StatePublic EducationReligious Education Book:The Presidential Campaign 1976: President Gerald R. Ford. 2. v Source: The Presidential Campaign 1976: President Gerald R. Ford. 2. v
“I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of the United States can be written honestly without including the Negro. I didn't [paint] just as a historical thing, but because I believe these things tie up with the Negro today. We don't have a physical slavery, but an economic slavery. If these people, who were so much worse off than the people today, could conquer their slavery, we can certainly do the same thing....I am not a politician. I'm an artist, just trying to do my part to bring this thing about.” PeopleIfsTryingBelieveStatesTodaySchoolArtistI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesWrittenEconomicTaughtPoliticianSlaveryHistoricalPaintIncludingHonestlyConquerTiesPublic SchoolEconomic Slavery Author:Jacob Lawrence
“Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find any book you want and yet live on a quiet tree-lined street with a backyard and send your kids to public school. When a state this good hits the jackpot, it can only be an inspiration to everybody.” PeopleWantBookStatesInspirationKidsSchoolTreeStreetsQuietPolitePublic SchoolBackyardsSpiritedMinnesotaThaiJackpotThai Food Author:Garrison Keillor