Age Quote by Benjamin Hoff

There are a lot of young people out there who need to start using their idle time in a positive way. Parents need to…

— Jesse White

Education is a technology that tries to make up for what the human mind is innately bad at. Children don't have to go to…

— Steven Pinker

It's critical that children spend time before they arrive in school in a warm, attractive and inclusive environment, where they can learn through play,…

— Michael Gove

A long time ago, there was no such thing as school, and children spent their days learning a trade, a phrase which here means…

— Anonymous

Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy schedule. But…

— Carl Honore

“The one that we’re involved with is that kids are natural learners. That’s the paradigm we know is true, and modern brain research reinforces…

— Ken Robinson

The best schools tend to have the best teachers, not to mention parents who supervise homework, so there is less need for self-organised learning.…

— Sugata Mitra

“Brain studies of low SES children have shown them to be less able to filter out irrelevant information in a learning situation. Although this…

— Terry Marselle

An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and…

— Thomas Moore

Often low-income parents give their children every other thing they need for successful participation in school and the world of work except the planning…

— James P. Comer

Every child should have time for arts, music, sports, drama, robotics, school newspapers and the like, not to mention recess and play.

— Chris Gabrieli

Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or afford the…

— Sal Albanese