At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains…

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Even if you never do anything about this, you've benefited from an unjust system. You're...

Even if you never do anything about this, you've benefited from an unjust system. You're...

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...

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...

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

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...

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition...

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition...

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...

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

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

The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy...

The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy...

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...