Agnes Gund
Agnes Gund

Art shouldn't be prohibited in public schools when kids in private schools always get it.

Alissa Quart
Alissa Quart

'Middle class' used to mean having two children and sending them to high-quality public schools, or even occasionally to private schools. It meant new brown Stride Rite Mary Janes with little purple and silver flowers when the old shoes were pinching the toes.

Alissa Quart
Alissa Quart

Americans overall may live better than medieval aristocrats could dream of, but that means nothing when oligarchs live in the neighborhood next door, flaunting their luxurious homes and top-quality private schools.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Private schools are gaming the system. There is way too much state money going in, and people who go to private schools seem to be given a head start for all of the top jobs and that's something that needs to be dealt with as well.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

The way I want to try and end private schools is by making our national education service so good you wouldn't want to waste your money.

Atishi
Atishi

Anyone who sends their children now to government schools usually does it because they can't afford private education. I went to a government college where 350 out of 400 girls said their brothers go to private schools.

Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos

We're not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.

Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos

I expect there will be more private schools.

Chris Gabrieli
Chris Gabrieli

Many expanded-time schools have generated extraordinary results. In some cases, they have completely closed the achievement gap, all while installing curricula with a richness rivaled only by elite private schools and those in the most upscale suburbs.

Cornelia Parker
Cornelia Parker

Who thought it would be a good idea to undermine art in the school curriculum? Who thought studying the history of our visual culture was a waste of time? Who thought that only private schools should have that privilege? Was it someone who said we don't need experts?