Geoffrey Canada

I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to spread to the community. ”

We've gotta guarantee all of our kids an education. ”

An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education. ”

I graduated from Bowdoin College and went to the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Then I left and took a job teaching really poor inner-city white kids in Boston. It was interesting to me because I'd never been around poor whites before. ”

Middle-class families know education begins at birth. ”

Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure. ”

The system decides you can't run schools in the summer. ”

The tendency in lots of large organizations is to try and find a comfortable place where you think you can get measured rewards for measured work. ”

In two-parent households, women have increasingly entered the workplace, and in single-parent households, there is even more of a need for the adults to work. That means parents do not fully control their own schedule and have to scramble to find high-quality after-school options. ”

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. They're the kind of person who, if you tell them it's raining outside, they'll fight you tooth and nail. ”