Eydie Gorme Quotes

It was actually pretty difficult to grow up in the Star City. There were regular kids around me, and everybody knew that my father was a cosmonaut. Even at school, every teacher could comment on my behavior just because I was considered special.

We live in Palo Alto, which has, fortunately, one of the greatest school districts in the country.

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

Growing up, I was always in normal public school which is very important in my eyes.

I feel that there is a decision people make to either engage in a legitimately ridiculous process to get your kid into school, or choose not to engage in that so much, and end up finding a nice local school that fits.

I just didn't like going to school.

You can’t think how much anxiety pervades the country about the children’s education. I receive dozens of letters from schools and tutors every day about it.

My husband and I are both proud public school graduates.

I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother.

[Characterizing public schools:] godless monstrosities ... values-indoctrination centers ... a multi-billion dollar inculcation machine.

The Scholastic Aptitude Tests do not predict success any better than the socio economic status of the parents.

This is to inform all the Students that their Attendance at College Orders is hereby dispensed with … and that they are at liberty to return Home or prosecute their Studies elsewhere, as they think proper: And that those who pay particular Attention to their Studies that these as these confused Times will admit, shall then be considered in the same Light and Standing as if they had given the usual Attendance here.

When people lose faith in a system as they have in the public school system, they no longer want to support it.

The movement for the democratic idea inevitably became a movement for publicly conducted and administered schools.

THE CONFLICT: HELL & THE HIGH SCHOOL

Great Schools. Great Texas

If my child were in a school where he was not learning, I would not wait for a gathering of social scientists to tell me whether it was okay for me to send him to another school.

My mom never went to college, but for her own children, getting a great education was not an option.

We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city.

No matter where I travel in the state, people want to talk about education.

I didn't like school. Every day, it was a toss-up whether I'd go or skip.

When I grew up in Cincinnati in 1974, the Board of Education set up the performing school, similar to the New York performing arts school, and it was in walking distance from my school.

I had tutors, but education was just not a priority.

The vast majority of students in this country will continue to attend public schools.

I'm a proud product of the Massachusetts public schools.