Geoffrey Canada Quotes

You have to be prepared to think outside the box…Stand back and think about what we could do creativity. We’ve got to do that to push the field forward.

Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.

One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was like what do you mean he’s not real. And she thought I was crying because it’s like Santa Claus is not real and I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us.

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.

Movies portray men as tough guys.

Middle-class families know education begins at birth.

When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching… It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.

The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of access and affordability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods, and to the marketing efforts of soda companies themselves.

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

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

Monsters work seven days a week and don’t take vacations.

Osama Bin Laden is not going to come here and destroy America. Our education system is doing that just fine.