Top 39 Quotes by Geoffrey Canada

About Geoffrey Canada

These are some quotes by American author Geoffrey Canada Activist, who was born on January 13, 1952.

When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.

When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.

Geoffrey Canada

My contract with my teachers is fair, and is two pages. The union contract is 200 pages. You cannot manage your business when you cannot make any decision without going back to 200 pages worth of stuff.

Geoffrey Canada

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

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

Geoffrey Canada

There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology.

There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology.

Geoffrey Canada

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 don't have faith that things will get better because history and circumstances have proven over 30, 40, or 50 years that things don't get better.

Geoffrey Canada

Teachers need to be paid like professionals.

Teachers need to be paid like professionals.

Geoffrey Canada

People talk about Wall Street greed, but one of the things many people don't understand is that there are a lot of organizations that have been the recipient of largess from the same Wall Street.

People talk about Wall Street greed, but one of the things many people don't understand is that there are a lot of organizations that have been the recipient of largess from the same Wall Street.

Geoffrey Canada

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 ago when it didn't work then, and no one feels any pressure to change?

Geoffrey Canada

Good dental care doesn't make you a good student, but if your tooth hurts, it's hard to be a good student.

Good dental care doesn't make you a good student, but if your tooth hurts, it's hard to be a good student.

Geoffrey Canada

Lots of boys pick strong messages about who they are and who they want to be from the media.

Lots of boys pick strong messages about who they are and who they want to be from the media.

Geoffrey Canada

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