The pattern of discrimination that allows this discrimination was set in the founding of the United States.

It is not enough to simply listen to student voice. Educators have an ethical imperative to do something with students, and that is why meaningful student involvement is vital to school improvement.

Meaningful student involvement is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of school change for the purpose strengthening their commitment to education, community & democracy.

Like a pet fish unaware of the fishbowl it lives in, each of us inherently discriminates against young people without knowing it.

The outcome of this culture of discrimination is that young people are routinely denied the roles in society they can, should, and need to be occupying.

Dropping out of school is the ultimately caused by discrimination against young people in schools.

Any honest conversation about engaging young people must address discrimination against young people.

Most of society's decision making for young people happens without young people, and that could not happen without adultcentrism.

Young people and adults need equitable relationships-they do not need equal ones.

Adultism is not always harmful-but it is always real.

Sometimes you have to deprive someone of the pleasure of being with you so that they can realize how much they need you in their lives...

I have as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

The weariness of the cell is the vigour of the organism.

Nature has no Laws — only habits.

One of the amazing things we have been given as humans is the unquenchable desire to have dreams of a better life, and the ability to establish goals to live out those dreams.

Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem.

I could invent another world. I'm not terribly keen on this one.

Even in my dreams, I’m an idiot who knows he’s about to wake up to reality.