Action Quote by Herbert Croly

The school must be "a genuine form of active community life, instead of a place set apart in which to learn lessons".

— John Dewey

The school is the manufactory of humanity.

— John Amos Comenius

Schools are natural magnets for community activities.

— John Williams

I believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that form of community life…

— John Dewey

“Schools were built to create an efficient transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next, and that purpose is no longer valid. School…

— Grant Lichtman

In a world that has so largely engaged in a mad and often brutally harsh race for material gain by means of ruthless competition,…

— John Dewey

“To learn theory by experimenting and doing. To learn belonging by participating and self-rule. Permissiveness in all animal behavior and interpersonal expression. Emphasis on…

— Paul Goodman

A successful school has to engage all the people, all the powers, and all the capacities within it.

— Andy Hargreaves

National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Schools are for training people how to listen to other people.

— David Byrne

That's how I try to think of education - a school is a miniature society where children learn to function in a real world.

— Marva Collins

We are firm on bringing the Navodaya schools to T.N. and if need arises we will not hesitate to agitate.

— Tamilisai Soundararajan