Any Quote by Joseph Lancaster

The examination system, and the fact that instruction is treated mainly as a training for a livelihood, leads the young to regard knowledge from…

— Bertrand Russell

Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties.

— Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

“It is worth while to point out the differing characters of a system and a method, because parents let themselves be run away with…

— Charlotte M. Mason

Education may well be, as of right, the instrument whereby every individual, in a society like our own, can gain access to any kind…

— Michel Foucault

“The lack of ability of those in charge to get a grip on a situation, and to take immediate, decisive action rather than simply…

— Frank Chalk

“He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him; he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

— Jane Austen

The educational system is pretty much geared to passing the next exam. You're educated to pass tests and not to understand.

— Noam Chomsky

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced…

— William Godwin

Education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the ability to find it.

— Louis Nizer

“The purpose of education is to give the student the intellectual tools to analyze, whether verbally or numerically, and to reach conclusions based on…

— Thomas Sowell

“I want to oppose the idea that the school has to teach directly that special knowledge and those accomplishments which one has to use…

— Albert Einstein