Schools Quotes

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I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder… — John W. Gardner
For reasons that are both fair and foul - but mostly for fair reasons - we have come under the domain of a scientific-management system… — John Taylor Gatto
Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent work. The lowest… — William Glasser
We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts. — William Glasser
As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families. — William Glasser
Normal is fading away. Governments and industries and schools like normal, because it's easier, it scales and it's profitable. But people don't like it -… — Seth Godin
A coalition with Tories and Liberal Democrats together is a golden opportunity to create the sort of planning reform that means not only can we… — Michael Gove
Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their… — Daniel Goleman
Bain also asked Kansas City for a $3 million tax break. The Bain executives were taking home $36 million in borrowed funds and were asking… — Jennifer Granholm
When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design… — Christine Gregoire
Irish history having been forbidden in schools, has been, to a great extent, learned from Raftery's poems by the people of Mayo, where he was… — Lady Gregory
I believe that no one can teach you how to act, but schools do give you an environment to make mistakes, to learn techniques and… — Enrico Colantoni
Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework. — Bill Cosby
When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students. — Bill Cosby
Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any… — Stanley Crouch
I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. — Andrew Cuomo
For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity; for electricity, you need some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools;… — Evan Davis
All socio-political phenomena in the U.K. come laden with the baggage of a class-based theory or two attached to them. In the case of gay… — Evan Davis
The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. — Richard Dawkins
If the Liberals' law is passed, will sex education in the schools, including elementary grades, include the same portrayals of sexual activity which presently exist… — Stockwell Day
If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools. — Jim DeMint
You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten… — Alan Dershowitz
It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded. — Rita Dove
I was a very extrovert kid. It felt normal to me to act. I always went to regular schools. I've never been catty or a… — Kirsten Dunst
Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow… — Roger Ebert

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