Attention Quote by Angela Duckworth

We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do they pick…

— George W. Bush

Some kids don't know where they'll spend the night. How can we expect them to focus on learning?

— Dennis Moore

What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best…

— Ivan Illich

There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.

— Irwin Redlener

We've got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage... You've got to take enough time to get kids…

— Howard Gardner

Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart,…

— Carl Orff

I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown them how…

— Frederick Lenz

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital…

— Leo Buscaglia

Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can…

— Major Owens

We spend all our time teaching reading and writing. We spend absolutely no time at all, in most schools, teaching either speaking or, more…

— Julian Treasure

Schools learned long ago that the way to keep children from thinking is to keep them busy.

— Everett Reimer