I am the product of the American education system. It is a system that has always been on the lookout for bright… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those who thinks the only way to fix what's wrong with American education is to throw more money… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away unable to distinguish between a symbol and… — Paul Lutus Copy Share Image
I also think that there is a huge failure in the American education system to educate Americans about where we, our system,… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
In business, poor performance leads to bankruptcy or, at a minimum, a restructuring of the company. In American education, failure entitles the… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
The goal, I think, of American education, for decades, and across many, many scholars, was basically to teach people broad lessons in… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“There are hundreds of miracles within a single machine. Americans calmly explain these with mathematical formulas. Our difficulty is to learn, theirs… — Warren Eyster Copy Share Image
“The story of declining school quality across the twentieth century is, for the most part, a fable,” says social scientist Richard Rothstein,… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
Of course, the American education system is very inefficient in many ways compared to other countries in Europe or Japan, but it… — John Forbes Nash, Jr Copy Share Image
“In the main, the trouble with American education is that we have put into practice the educational philosophy expounded by John Dewey… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
It's fairly obvious that American education is a cultural flop. Americans are not a well-educated people culturally, and their vocational education often… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“MOMA's values were blown through the American education system, from high school upwards-and downwards, too, greatly raising the status of "creativity" and… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
First, this law - the National Defense Education Act - ended years and years of debate about one controversial question: 'Shall the… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
