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Time: 10 Questions for Andre Agassi

The tennis legend turned school founder talks about regrets, crystal meth and German habits

By Belinda Luscombe Monday, Oct. 21, 2013

Some interesting quotes:

“I look at the circumstances of these kids, and without education, I know exactly where we’ll be – we’ll be building prisons instead of schools.”

“I eventually realized, you can make systemic change.”

“The single greatest impediment to the growth of best-in-class charter schools is not the software but the hardware – the actual facilities. We come in with private capital and allow schools time to incubate.”

Read the complete article here.