Celia Green Quotes

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.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

People's fates in life are decided largely by their schools.

I'd always try to get a C, maybe a B. Other girls would trot off a brilliant essay and go off to Oxford; I'd think: 'Where is the justice?' I took A-levels in English, history and theatre studies and got three Bs.

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.

The Time to Succeed Coalition brings together an unprecedented group of leaders from education and business, communities and academia to say that it is time to strike the shackles of an outdated school calendar from our disadvantaged schools.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.

An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, or dull and nasty and insipid, or profoundly stupid in the special way that 'brainy' people can be.

Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps.

I know what the teachers got. I know what the politicians got. But I don’t know what the kids got/

Providing great schooling is the single most important thing we can do to help any child from a disadvantaged background succeed. It's also the single most important thing we can do to boost the long-term productivity of our economy.

The consequences of substandard teaching go far beyond whether college or a good job is in reach. They affect earning potential, with implications throughout a person's life.

Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to university? … Was it because our predecessors were thick? Does anybody really think that they didn't get what we had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment? Of course not. It was because there was no platform upon which they could stand.

Educational research shows that the pupils that perform the worst in schools in the United Kingdom are of Pakistani and Bengali origin. In contrast, most Pakistanis that immigrated to the United States did so for academic reasons—to take up a post in a university or to pursue a PhD—so the community that has emerged there is very different

Some men will be always able to pay more for their children's education than others; and that those children will, inevitably, win in the struggle of life.

Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to university?

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

Equal access to public education has been achieved. But what is the good of access to a failing school?

College education is the engine of social mobility in this country.

In the long run, a second class education always costs more money than a first class education.

My mother never finished elementary school. My father didn't, and that was a reality for many of us.

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.

I actually support President Obama's initiatives on early childhood. He has appointed me as a commissioner to consult his administration on educational excellence for Hispanics in the U.S. We try to find ways to improve the education system for Hispanics in America, to achieve excellence.