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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 40 quotes by Geoffrey Canada Geoffrey Canada (born January 13, 1952) is an American educator, social activist and author. Since 1990, Canada has been president of the Harlem Children's Zone in Harlem, New York, an organization that states its goal is to increase high school and college graduation rates among students in Harlem. Canada serves as the chairman of Children's Defense Fund's board of directors. He was a member of the board of directors of The After-School... Read full biography of Geoffrey Canada → 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → You grow up in America and you're told from day one, 'This is the land of opportunity.' That everybody has an equal chance to make it in... → 0 People don't believe or understand that a community can lose hope. You can have a whole community where hopelessness is the norm, where folks... → 0 Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and... → 0 Good dental care doesn't make you a good student, but if your tooth hurts, it's hard to be a good student. 0 Poverty places not just one or two obstacles but multiple obstacles in a child's pathway to what we would consider to be regular development -... → 0 Convincing people to give your way a try will work if you neutralize - and sometimes you have to cauterize - the ones who really are against change.... → 0 Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it... → 0 How is it we could have a system where schools could remain lousy for 50 years and yet you do exactly the same thing this year that they did 50 years... → 0 Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure. 0 One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who's come up from the streets. Not just any streets, but the... → 0 An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education. 0 The system decides you can't run schools in the summer. 0 Video games offer violent messages, and even the sports video games include taunting and teasing. 0 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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