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)
