Accepting Quote by Ivan Illich

“institutionalised learning in schools and institutions can tend to undermine the desire to learn, at least in certain contexts and under certain forms.”

— Knud Illeris

“Schools were built to create an efficient transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next, and that purpose is no longer valid.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

“Relatedly, an increasingly horizontal structure of learning puts pressure on how learning institutions-schools,”

— Cathy N. Davidson

The very essence of school is elitism. Schools exist to teach, to test, to rank hierarchically to promote the idea that knowing and understanding…

— William A. Henry III

“Education is the system that’s supposed to develop our natural abilities and enable us to make our way in the world. Instead, it is…

— Kenneth Robinson

“Education stems from the desire to learn. With that, you don't need schools. Without it, all the schools in the UNIVERSE are useless.”

— Gene Brewer

“If we wish for our country to have an exponentially brighter future, one of the things we need to change is the popular perception…

— Joshua Neik

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

— Christine Gregoire

“The world is the schoolroom of God. Our being in school does not make us learn, but within that school is the opportunity for…

— Manly P. Hall

“Two seemingly antagonistic forces, equally deleterious in their actions and ultimately combining to produce their results, are at present ruling over our educational institutions,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is passionate learning.…

— Tom Peters

“Today, there are two worlds that use the word education with opposite meanings: One world consists of the schools and colleges (and even graduate…

— Russell L. Ackoff