Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
None of you has ever failed. School may have failed you. Goodbye to failure, children. Welcome to success. — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Teaching children to read was one thing; keeping them interested in reading was something else. — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
An error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong. — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Parents often brag about the amount of money spent per child, but I think, perhaps ironically, those great monies that are spent… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
I'm a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water. I do… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
I think what we've done is given children a lot of things that they didn't ask for instead of what they do… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious,… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Kids don't fail. Teachers fail, school systems fail. The people who teach children that they are failures, they are the problem. — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
That's how I try to think of education - a school is a miniature society where children learn to function in a… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
We've been brainwashed into thinking that it takes more monies than it actually does to educate children. That's been one of the… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
You can't find me 20 children in Chicago, I don't care which section you go in - you can be on Michigan… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
One of the things that even wealthy children need is an education, and I think the problems I saw really have nothing… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Students do not need to be labeled or measured any more than they are. They don't need more Federal funds, grants, and… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Our children learn the phonetic method, which is why they're very good spellers, I suppose. Because rather than ABC or just saying… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
The more monies we spend, the less children learn; because the more machines we have there, the more gadgets, the more gimmicks,… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
I believe the more difficult a child is, the more I want that child. But I won't take a child until the… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
I was very, very unhappy with even the so-called very elite schools. The one thing I've always done every day with my… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Everyone who comes in is just amazed that our children do not have the animosity, the hatred, because these children are into… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
One night my son was downstairs studying, and he had been up so late all that week, and my husband said, "I… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those who say this is the way. I'm not that opinionated. I can only say this is my… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Praise is essential in developing the right attitude toward learning and toward school. — Marva Collins Copy Share
Kids don't fail. Teachers fail, school systems fail. The people who teach children that they are failures, they are the problem. — Marva Collins Copy Share
You can't find me 20 children in Chicago, I don't care which section you go in - you can be on Michigan Avenue or… — Marva Collins Copy Share
A person cannot all of a sudden become good at what they do just by switching streams. — Marva Collins Copy Share
There isn't a certain time we should set aside to talk about God. God is part of our every waking moment — Marva Collins Copy Share
Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail. — Marva Collins Copy Share
Students do not need to be labeled or measured any more than they are. They don't need more Federal funds, grants, and gimmicks. What… — Marva Collins Copy Share
One of the things that even wealthy children need is an education, and I think the problems I saw really have nothing to do… — Marva Collins Copy Share
I don't have to be accountable to some authority, which is why I don't take federal funds. I don't want anyone's monies unless they're… — Marva Collins Copy Share
There is a lot of money to be made from miseducation, from the easy to read easy to learn textbooks, workbooks, teacher manuals, educational… — Marva Collins Copy Share
Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. — Marva Collins Copy Share
Our children learn the phonetic method, which is why they're very good spellers, I suppose. Because rather than ABC or just saying a word,… — Marva Collins Copy Share
