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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Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of...

During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of...

If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded...

If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded...

Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs...

Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs...

If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or...

If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or...

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the...

What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the...

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something...

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something...

I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our...

I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our...

I'd love to go back and teach primary school. I used to teach fourth grade...

I'd love to go back and teach primary school. I used to teach fourth grade...

I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education.

I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible.

You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible.

The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government,...

The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government,...

When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of...

When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of...

At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people...

At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people...

So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive...

So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive...

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them...

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them...

An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no...

An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no...

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read...

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read...