Children Quote by Donalyn Miller

We need to create schools that are organized to meet the needs of the kids they serve instead of what we've been doing. We…

— Pedro Noguera

The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared…

— Susan Cain

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

— James Heckman

We can't want an education for kids more than they want it for themselves.

— Tony Danza

The fundamental purpose of school is learning, not teaching.

— Richard DuFour

What we are doing in educating students is trying to prepare them to live more fulfilling lives for the decades after they graduate. And…

— Derek Bok

School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged.

— John Taylor Gatto

We need to make sure that our schools have what they need to give our kids the best opportunity to succeed.

— Josh Shapiro

We're asking schools to look at kids as partners in education.

— Jill Vialet

More and more job fields require some form of higher education, and the pressure is on for schools to adequately prepare our students to…

— Mercedes Schlapp

Inspiration, hunger: these are the qualities that drive good schools. The best we educational planners can do is to create the most likely conditions…

— Ted Sizer

Keeping our kids engaged and in school must become a national priority.

— Cedric Richmond