John Adams Quotes

What I see is democratizing education will change everything.

Centuries have elapsed since schools were first established.... Because learning was viewed as the exclusive province of the samurai and his superiors, farmers, artisans, merchants and women have neglected it altogether.... There shall, in the future, be no community with an illiterate family, nor a family with an illiterate person .... Hereafter ... every man shall, of his own accord, subordinate all other matters to the education of his children.

Tomorrow everybody--or practically everybody--will have had the education of the upper class of yesterday.

The only way to beat poverty in America is to completely transform American public education

I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.

I'm a beneficiary of an extraordinary education, and I believe that no matter where you live, the access to education is key to social mobility.

There are lots of great educationalists out there who really care about social mobility.

Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes. To do so will require the efforts of us all-teachers, administrators, taxpayers and statesmen. Education is a social process, perhaps the most important process in determining the future of our country; it should command a far larger portion of our national income than it does today.

But before any great things are accomplished, a memorable change must be made in the system of Education and knowledge must become so general as to raise the lower ranks of Society nearer to the higher. The Education of a Nation, instead of being confined to a few schools & Universities, for the instruction of the few, must become the National Care and expence, for the information of the Many.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century.

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood.

Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have thousands of alumni use their diverse experiences and ideas to effect change from inside and outside the education system.

The main force pushing toward reduction in inequality has always been the diffusion of knowledge and the diffusion of education.

I started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world's education system.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

Look, I want what's good for everybody. I want to promote good state education for all. I want to raise standards for all kids, irrespective of race and class but why can't they all just do what I say when I know I'm right?

Public education is the great equalizer of America.

When people are educated, class distinction disappears.

The public schools have indeed been the most powerful single engine of subversion that our enemies have used upon us.

… adult education should be made available … so that our less privileged groups may be able to avail themselves of new openings which require more education than they possess.

Education is the great equalizer, and shouldn’t be limited to the wealthiest few.

Comprehensive schools, as too few understand, have never been designed to improve education.

My wife and I have been passionate about education being a gateway for upward mobility and equality.

I'm very, very focused on not only creating world class schools at scale, but changing the public policy in this country that every day prevents children from getting access to the American dream.