Biography Quote by James Vescovi

“The country was becoming increasingly disgusted by Prince Edward, which was making national headlines for its still-closed schools. Dr. Robert L. Green and a…

— Kristen Green

Students were taught by doing.

— Minor White

“School days went along. Some were made up of meanness, brutality, and heartbreak; others were bright and beautiful because of Miss Bernstone and Mr.…

— Betty Smith

There's always that one kid who sharpens his pencil while the teacher is talking.

— Anonymous

“We had the schools we wanted, in a way. Parents did not tend to show up at schools demanding that their kids be assigned…

— Amanda Ripley

It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them…

— John Sergeant Wise

“No More Pencils, No More Books, No more Teacher’s Dirty Looks!”

— John Meany

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy - an endless procession of adolescents who have been taught…

— Henry Louis Mencken

Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their…

— Arne Duncan

“For almost twenty-five years, we tracked the life progress of 790 children who began first grade in the fall of 1982 in twenty Baltimore…

— Karl Alexander

“The earth is like a one-room schoolhouse in which students of different grade levels are assembled together:”

— Brian L. Weiss

“Not that parents are alone in their extreme behavior. That have more than enough company among school boards and high-ranking politicians who think if…

— Jim Trelease