Children Quote by John Dewey

In your school you take part in various activities that habituate you not to shut yourselves in on yourselves or in your small world,…

— Pope Francis

“Our schools are no closer in connecting the education of children to their development as human beings: each child as an individual with a…

— Paula Polk Lillard

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

“If we want to build schools where parents and teachers are fighting to get in instead of out, we must make developing positive school…

— Jimmy Casas

The child learns more of the virtues needed in modern life-of fairness, of justice, of comradeship, of collective interest and action-in a common school…

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Making sure children from all backgrounds learn about opportunities that are usually available to a few, is an inspiring vision of what our schools…

— Liz Kendall

“In a universe where all life is in movement, where ever fact seen in perspective is totally engaging, we impose stillness on lively young…

— Marjorie Spock

If we are to prevent the fabric of our society from coming apart, we must teach our children to excel not only academically, but…

— Clarence Page

... the school should be an appendage of the family state, and modeled on its primary principle, which is, to train the ignorant and…

— Catharine Beecher

For most, the school is the first model of a community, and it can be a very powerful one. We need to ensure that…

— Howard Gardner

“Curriculum must be improved in order to meet the needs of all our students. Our schools cannot continue to exist or be treated as…

— Elena Aguilar

“Instead of revamping school policies to welcome every child, many school systems are bent on revamping the students to conform to their schools.”

— Alexandra Robbins