"It is time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy. It's a bureaucratic system where everybody's role is spelled out in advance, and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. It's not a surprise when a school system doesn't improve. It more resembles a Communist economy than our own market economy." -Albert Shanker (1928-1997) former president of the American Federation of Teachers Source: Wall Street Journal, October 2, 1989
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"It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery."-Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) Prime Minister of England, British statesman, novelist
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"Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average American [should be] content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role." -William T. Harris U.S. Commissioner of Education Source: 1889
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