Bobby Scott Quotes

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams.

I don't think a good education should be confined to a privileged few.

Equality in education is my number one battle.

Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society.

School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.

In America we believe that every child, no matter where they live, who their family is, or what the color of their skin, is entitled to as good an education as the richest parent in America can give to their children.

All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield.

That there be equal educational opportunities for all and in all the States, and that public school expenditure be the same for Negro and white child.

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

I believe you have a birthright to a good education.

We should celebrate the fact that, unlike some countries in the world, the United States makes promises that we will never send any student away from our schools.

Schools are the single largest lever of mobility in this country. When we commit to creating and enforcing laws that acknowledge the injustice of the past, we open up the possibility of using schools as a means of reducing inequality.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.

Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets.

The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!

We cannot allow our kids not to have an educational opportunity.

I would like to make it so that education was a right, and not a privilege.

Every citizen has the real right to receive general education and professional training at no cost, something that the United States has not been able to ensure for all its inhabitants.

As more and more minority groups fill our nation's classrooms, what can we do to even the separate-but-forever-unequal playing field? Now that's a question many very smart people have spent decades trying to answer.

One of the most significant factors contributing to the chasm of educational opportunity is the way that schools are funded.

The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.

If you're a citizen of the State of New York, your kid has as much a right as another kid to an education, and the best education. The money should be distributed equally to all.

There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs or wealthy neighborhoods. If we truly believe in giving all citizens a chance to pursue happiness and pursue their goals, then we cannot continue to marginalize entire groups of people.