It would be some sort of shock horror story if a child left school unable to read or write. But we do… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids… — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
If economists wished to study the horse, they wouldn’t go and look at horses. They’d sit in their studies and say to… — Ronald Coase Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, things don't get better unless you continue to invest in your workforce. And I've not heard… — Bev Perdue Copy Share Image
I have no college education; I taught myself how to write. If you want it badly enough, you can have it. You… — Erin Foster Copy Share Image
It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math,… — Safra A. Catz Copy Share Image
“Pupils actually learn better if conditions are arranged so that they have to make errors. Specifically, people remember things better and longer… — Scientific American Copy Share Image
Schools still operate as if all knowledge is contained in books, and as if the salient points in books must be stored… — Sugata Mitra Copy Share Image
“All loves have much in common, and any one will offer a useful, if not painless, education in the limitations and possibilities… — Kate Braestrup Copy Share Image
“Though the continued march of intellect and education have nearly obliterated from the mind of the Scots a belief in the marvelous,… — James Grant Copy Share Image
The more important argument against grade curves is that they create an atmosphere that's toxic by pitting students against one another. At… — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
“Soon after he purchased me, Epps asked me if I could write and read, and on being informed that I had received… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
“A student once walked into the office of Harvard Dean LeBaron Russell Briggs and said he hadn't done his assignment because he… — LeBaron Russell Briggs Copy Share Image
I believe Betsy DeVos has the talent, commitment, and leadership capacity to revitalize our public schools and deliver the promise of opportunity… — Eva Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“The view implicit in my education was that the basic narrative of Christianity had long been exposed as a myth, and that… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Our [theological] study informs our prayers, and our prayers enliven our study. We cannot choose between prayer and study; faithful theology requires… — Kelly Kapic Copy Share Image
Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It's academia's version… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
“There are 2 types of revolutionaries: those bred through a rich education, and those bred through a poor education. But there is… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I love to teach, I love to draw, I love animals. So I don't feel like I am relying on one thing… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
Those who are able to afford to live in a neighborhood with 'good schools' will do so, knowing that a good education… — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
“Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they… — Immaculee Ilibagiza Copy Share Image
James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare,… — Donald Sinden Copy Share Image
Method means that arrangement of subject matter which makes it most effective in use. Never is method something outside of the material. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Enlightened teachers and people who help them, have a lot of trouble. People try to interfere with the work and spread awful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Information can perhaps be useful as a support-stick and help you cross the way... but if you want to find your way… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Film schools are not rigorous enough. They let things get by and kids get out there and they think they are saying… — Rob Nilsson Copy Share Image
“The rigorous process of learning to develop and ask questions offers students the invaluable opportunity to become independent thinkers and self-directed learners.” — Dan Rothstein Copy Share Image
The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was… — Grace Abbott Copy Share Image
A big part of teaching is being emphatic. Maybe I'm right or wrong, but part of my approach was that when I… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Television is a different challenge; it is not a stage. But each opportunity that I have to learn I learn, and I… — Ruben Santiago-Hudson Copy Share Image
Few kids seek to learn a skill specifically designed to impress people unless they feel less than impressive themselves. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans. — Malcolm Wallop Copy Share Image
People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it… — David Soul Copy Share Image
True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“But one learns from books and reels only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning, and getting ready for it. What you should be doing… — Drew Houston Copy Share Image
“Nations such as Finland, Canada, Japan, and South Korea spend time and resources improving the skills of their teachers, not selectively firing… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
“If, because of my schooling, I had grown culturally separated from my parents, my education finally had given me ways of speaking… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image