Bill Cosby Quotes
When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.
Cosby, Bill. Come On, People: On the Path from Victims to Victors. Thomas Nelson, 2007.
This was his explanation of why so many school board bond issues are voted down. Others point out that this happens in communities where faith has not been lost but the citizens simply do not think the community can afford the expense or the effect on the community’s credit rating.
Many argued that it had been tried and found wanting. Mr. Chubb’s company had been awarded many contracts to operate public schools in competition with the school board. A number of these were cancelled or not renewed based on a perception of poor competitive performance.
The mayor had eliminated an independent Board of Education and obtained more control of the Chicago Public Schools and instituted long needed reforms.
Quoted in the Court’s notes of the meeting
Liberia had been founded by American Free Negroes. American religious missionary organizations were very helpful in building the new nation, but they also created their own parochial, religious day schools. And behind the scenes they blocked efforts to establish a public school system. Walker, in America, was trying to get public support for allowing there to be public schools in Liberia.
William Henry Cosby Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author who held an active career for over six decades before being convicted of a number of sex offenses in 2018.
