Access Quote by Andy Hargreaves

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather…

— Harvey Cushing

The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There is no…

— Ken Robinson

“Standardization Is the Basis for Continuous Improvement and Quality”

— Jeffrey K. Liker

Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product…

— Harvey Cushing

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.

— Andy Hargreaves

I think standardization is really the first step to something being commodified.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is passionate learning.…

— Tom Peters

If you think of standardization as the best that you know today, but which is to be improved tomorrow; you get somewhere.

— Henry Ford

The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key to…

— Ken Robinson

“SIOP’s authors never explain the benefits of standardization; yet standardization was clearly their intent. They say they first conceived of SIOP “as a research…

— James Crawford

Common standards ensure that every child across the country is getting the best possible education, no matter where a child lives or what their…

— Roy Romer

If we use these common standards as the foundation for better schools, we can give all kids a robust curriculum taught by well prepared,…

— Randi Weingarten