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- Somewhere in, I think, the back of the mind of some [education] policy makers is this idea that if we fine-tune it well enough, if…
- The dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged…
- All of our existing ideas have creative possibilities.
- Private imaginings may have no outcomes in the world at all. Creativity does. Being creative involves doing something.
- We have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manufacturing model, which is based on linearity and conformity and batching…
- You cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do is like a farmer create the conditions under which it will begin to…
- If all you had was academic ability, you wouldn't have been able to get out of bed this morning. In fact, there wouldn't have been…
- All kids have tremendous talents — and we squander them pretty ruthlessly.
- Human life is inherently creative. It's why we all have different résumés. … It's why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic.
- All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think,
- We need to eliminate the existing hierarchy of subjects. Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism and offends the principle of…
- The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel…
- We think about the world in all ways we experience it ; we think visually, we think in sign, we think kinesthetically, we think in…
- The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education.
- Imagination is the source of all human achievement.
- I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of…
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- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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