“Welcome to Hartford. The poorest city in the wealthiest state in the richest country on earth.” — Susan Eaton Copy Share Image
“Valda said that if you change your residence every six months you can legally free your children from compulsory education.” — John Cage Copy Share Image
The purpose of schools should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“It would be better to have no school at all than the schools we now have. Encouraged, instead of frightened, children could… — John Cage Copy Share Image
“We stigmatize mistakes. And we're now running national educational systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make -- and the… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
“Research experts want to know what can be done about the values of poor segregated children; and this is a question that… — Jonathan Kozol 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
“I am pain stricken to say that, various “educational” institutions have adopted the medieval doctrine "fear of the lord is the beginning… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Schools train you to be ignorant with style [...] they prepare you to be a usable victim for a military industrial complex… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
“Over recent years, [there's been] a strong tendency to require assessment of children and teachers so that [teachers] have to teach to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
![“Schools train you to be ignorant with style [...] they prepare you to be a usable victim for a military industrial complex that needs manpower. As long as you're just smart enough to do a job and just dumb enough to swallow what they feed you, you're going to be alright [...] So I believe that…” quote by Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c78/frank-zappa-702_conformity_schools-train-you-to-be-ignorant-with-st_2792127.jpg)
![“Over recent years, [there's been] a strong tendency to require assessment of children and teachers so that [teachers] have to teach to tests and the test determines what happens to the child, and what happens to the teacher...that's guaranteed to destroy any meaningful educational process: it…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3a8/noam-chomsky-42_brilliant_over-recent-years-there-s-been-a-strong_1484306.jpg)