Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
If you define yourself as someone fixing education, there's nothing short-range you can do to fix education directly. It's labor intensive. You have to change the way people act. You have to convince people, and change people. — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
Mindset changes are not happening from change in legislation. Like desegregation. We legally got rid of legal segregation, but schools are still segregated. You… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
It's the curiosity that drives me. It's making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up. — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
There's a radical - and wonderful - new idea here... that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories, critics of… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
I take enormous pleasure every time I see something that I've done that cannot be wiped out. In some way ... I guess it's… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity. — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
We are all carriers of our own stories. We have never trusted our own voices. Reforms came, but we don't make them. They were… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
A passion for learning...isn't something you have to inspire with; it's something you have to keep from extinguishing. — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
The art of good teaching begins when we can answer the questions our students are really trying to ask us, if only they knew… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
The only thing they [government] want is better data. But data doesn't tell people someone is well educated. It's a vicious circle. There is… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
![“The only thing they [government] want is better data. But data doesn't tell people someone is well educated. It's a vicious circle. There is some myth involved. Some of this attitude has a long history.” quote by Deborah Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/956/deborah-meier-33167_attitude_the-only-thing-they-government-want-is-b_2135601.jpg)