The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.

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Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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,...

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

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...

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...

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.

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...