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鈥淲e have absolutely become numb to these kinds of shootings, and I think that will continue.鈥� 鈥�Katherine W. Schweit, former senior FBI official and the co-author of a study of 160 active shooting incidents in the United States, on the shooting at Kentucky鈥檚 Marshall County High School, the 11th school shooting of 2018. ()

鈥淲hen we try the same thing over and over again, yet expect different results, that鈥檚 not reform 鈥� that鈥檚 insanity.鈥� 鈥�Betsy DeVos, U.S. Education Secretary, on the failures of past attempts to reform K-12 education. (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淗e鈥檚 confused on immigration. He鈥檚 being torn in so many different directions, and he hasn鈥檛 spent his entire life thinking about it. He鈥檚 spent most of his life thinking about making money.鈥� 鈥�Louise Sunshine, a former Trump Organization executive who has known the president for decades. ()

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want them to think that I was just going to do nothing. I told them, 鈥楴o, I鈥檓 going to fight.鈥� 鈥� 鈥�Miriam Gonzalez Avila, Los Angeles teacher and DACA recipient, on what she told her students about her decision to file suit against President Trump to fight the repeal of the law. (Read at 蜜桃影视Million.org)

鈥淲e鈥檝e been so lucky over the years that the best in the world have wanted to come to the U.S. If all of a sudden we don鈥檛 have the MITs because no talent comes, America will hurt, and the world will hurt.鈥� 鈥�Rafael Reif, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. ()

鈥淵our name is attached to a state of Minnesota brief that could severely undermine one of Minnesota鈥檚 most important constitutional rights. If your argument prevails in the Supreme Court, you will be inadvertently handing the opponents of a strong and vibrant public education system a powerful means to destroy our public schools.鈥� 鈥�Jerry Von Korff, an attorney in St. Cloud, in a letter to Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淚t鈥檚 not a supply problem. It鈥檚 a demand problem.鈥� 鈥�Sean Perryman, education chairman of the Fairfax County, Virginia, chapter of the NAACP, on the lack of black teachers in the school district. ()

鈥�Like all of us, I think her strength is also her weakness. She knew an awful lot of principals and visited an awful lot of schools. But sometimes you need to step back and look at the whole picture.鈥� 鈥擟lara Hemphill, director of education policy and Insideschools at the New School鈥檚 Center for New York City Affairs, on departing NYC Schools chancellor Carmen Fari帽a. ()

鈥淚t鈥檚 not really a noticed state. It鈥檚 a small state 鈥� more cows than people 鈥� and we are taking a stand on this and we鈥檙e standing up to Trump. I hope that inspires other states to do the same thing.鈥� 鈥�Bryndon Wilkerson, student body president at Helena High School in Montana, on her state鈥檚 decision to defy the FCC鈥檚 repeal of net neutrality. (Read at The74Million.org)

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