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

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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...

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.

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...

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...

But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts...

But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give...

What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give...

May your charity increase as much as your wealth

May your charity increase as much as your wealth

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...