I think schools generally do an effective and terribly damaging job of teaching children to be infantile, dependent, intellectually dishonest, passive and… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
Educating the masses was intended only to improve the relationship between the top and the bottom of society. Not for changing the… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
We must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity,… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
“Unschooling challenges the established paradigms of education and presents an alternative that honors and nurtures the unique strengths and interests of each… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
“School vision statements often read something like, “We believe all kids can learn” or “life-long learners” or something silly like that. What… — Brian Huskie Copy Share Image
“We smashed their schools, burned them, and shot people based on the time of night they were outside. They dressed up like… — Brian Huskie Copy Share Image
“It was my assumption that skilled teachers spent their days imparting important and meaningful knowledge to eager students. I also believed, as… — Brian Huskie Copy Share Image
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition… — Anne Sullivan Macy Copy Share Image
Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by telling me that schools are not just places to… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image