Challenged Quote by John Taylor Gatto Download Open image “School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged.” — John Taylor Gatto ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Challenged Education Enough Itself Must Notion Reform School Schooling
If the schooling system does not rapidly close the gap between what it does, and what it should do in response to the demands… — David Hood Copy Share Image
“School is not a brand holding a monopoly on learning, and we need to stop feeding it as such. It’s time to open our eyes and see that there are valid alternatives to the faulty wiring of compulsory schooling and corporatized testing. And they’re right there in front of us on the educational shelf. In fact, they have been for… — Ellen Rowland Copy Share
What a misfortune it is that we should thus be compelled to let our boys schooling interfere with their education! — Grant Allen Copy Share Image
I don’t think we’ll get rid of schools any time soon, certainly not in my lifetime, but if we’re going to change what’s rapidly becoming a disaster of ignorance, we need to realize that the institution “schools” very well, but it does not “educate”; that’s inherent in the design of the thing. It’s not the fault of bad teachers or… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share
The idea of school choice is spreading like wildfire around the country, because it's the one education reform that puts real choices and real… — Clint Bolick Copy Share Image
If you attempt to implement reforms but fail to engage the culture of a school, nothing will change. — Seymour Sarason Copy Share Image
“The paradox of education reform is this: The levers that are good at changing schools are often least associated with improving student learning. In… — Tony Frontier Copy Share Image
The notion about education has changed and that now it’s sort of much more aligned with, “Well, schools can’t combat poverty. We can’t possibly… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
“As inequality has grown, as its negative consequences have become harder and harder to ignore, our response has been to put more and more weight on the educational system, to look to school reform as the means of closing the 'achievement gap' and of guaranteeing the increasingly illusory promise of equal opportunity. We ask the education system to expiate the… — Christopher Hayes Copy Share
I dont think well get rid of schools any time soon, certainly not in my lifetime, but if were going to change whats rapidly becoming a disaster of ignorance, we need to realize that the school institution "schools" very well, though it does not 'educate,' thats inherent in the design of the thing. Its not the fault of bad teachers… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share
If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to maintaining that… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
We could encourage the best qualities of youthfulness - curiosity, adventure, resilience, the capacity for surprising insight simply by being more flexible about time,… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints. — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
The truth is that schools don't really teach anything except how to obey orders. This is a great mystery to me because thousands of… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
“Any economy in which the most common tasks are the shuffling of paper, the punching of buttons, and the running of mouths isn’t an… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
This was once a land where every sane person knew how to build a shelter, grow food, and entertain one another. Now we have… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Schools were designed by Horace Mann and Barnard Sears and Harper of the University of Chicago and Thorndyke of Columbia Teachers College and some… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
You need experience, adventure, and explorations more than you need algebra! — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
A lot of the strings that hold us like puppets are really inventions of our own minds. I'm not saying that there aren't armies… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Is there an idea more radical in the history of the human race than turning your children over to total strangers whom you know… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing it. I… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Our whole thing was that we wanted to challenge ourselves and go out of the box that everyone else was doing, and even what… — B-Real Copy Share Image
I want to be challenged I want to work and I want to feel that I am not being held back that there is… — Sofia Vassilieva Copy Share Image
“This principle eludes most people, but it is critical: You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they… — Abu Bakar Bashir Copy Share Image
“DARE TO COMPARE If you're without imperfection, hurl the first insult at a challenged person Kamil Ali” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
The necessity for 'professionals' in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged. — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
As users flock to Vine, Snapchat and, previously, Instagram, the social platforms are challenged to continue to be the primary provider of these services… — Keith Teare Copy Share Image
It's a question of finding the right thing, if I'm going to be an actor... if I have to get up eight times a… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
