Quote by John Steinbeck

The wave of punitiveness that washed over the United States with the rise of the drug war and the get tough movement really flooded…

— Michelle Alexander

Grammar schools are about stigmatising children, not on the grounds of their ability, but on their background.

— Angela Rayner

“It is time that we squarely face the fact that institutional schoolteaching is destructive to children.”

— John Taylor Gatto

“A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an…

— Anonymous

“Independent study, community service, adventures and experience, large doses of privacy and solitude, a thousand different apprenticeships — the one-day variety or longer —…

— John Taylor Gatto

I have to admit that I'm not very good with grammar. They taught grammar in elementary and high school, but I went to public…

— Trevor Paglen

The school was prone to dishing out punishments for anything creative that didn't fit with expectation - I just followed the logic and figured…

— David Knopfler

“We class schools, you see, into four grades: Leading School, First-rate School, Good School, and School. Frankly," said Mr Levy, "School is pretty bad...”

— Evelyn Waugh

“Growing up with well-educated parents and an older sister with her Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature, I was left with little wiggle…

— Susan C. Young

“Thus, those who now sharply criticize the public schools speak fondly of an era when most schools were racially segregated; when public schools were…

— Diane Ravitch

School is supposed to civilise us, to tame our wilder instincts and teach us how to be more sensible, more knowledgeable, and cleverer.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

“School is shortened, discipline relaxed, philosophies, histories, languages dropped, English and spelling gradually gradually neglected, finally almost completely ignored. Life is immediate, the job…

— Ray Bradbury