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10 Revealing Remarks About Education in 2017

A roundup of ten quotes on teaching and learning from the past year
Source: Aaron Bernstein / Reuters

This year, education often dominated the national conversation. New appointments in the Education Department and escalating debates on college access brought school-related issues further into the public eye. It can be easy to get lost in the ever-changing news cycle, so to look back on the year, we’ve selected ten of the most compelling quotes about schools and learning from this year’s education coverage in The Atlantic.  

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It’s hard to just say: . My parents brought me up to be gracious, to ask nicely, but it’s hard to get the bureaucracy to listen, and it’s hard to get the political powers that be to listen

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