Around the world Quote by Julie Lythcott-Haims

“I just question the value of isolated math, science and literary skills - especially when they're achieved at the expense of social skills -…

— Muffy Mead-Ferro

“Teach a child to read and he/she will pass a literary test.”

— George W. Bush

The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.

— Leo Buscaglia

Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn how to…

— Kate DiCamillo

“Because of the very nature of the world as it is today, our children receive in school a heavy load of scientific and analytic…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“In 2000, a German researcher named Andreas Schleicher developed the Program for International Student Assessment test (PISA) to help nations determine whether their teenagers…

— Julie Lythcott-Haims

“The book will be a demonstration that children, without being coerced or manipulated, or being put in exotic, specially prepared environments, or having their…

— John Holt

“While everyone was admiring the progress of my idiots, I was searching for the reasons which could keep the happy healthy children of the…

— Maria Montessori

The kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers.

— Richard Paul Evans

“Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads.

— Sherman Alexie

“There is no more important homework than reading. Research shows that the highest achieving students are those who devote leisure time to reading, even…

— Nancie Atwell

“With such a complicated and crucial part of a child's education in jeopardy, there are many forces at work -- a sort of conspiracy…

— Rafe Esquith