Community Quote by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Education is not success but it is to help us succeed.

— T. B. Joshua

We have been taught (that is, schooled) in this country to think of 'success' as synonymous with, or at least dependent upon, 'schooling,' but…

— John Taylor Gatto

“Schools were built to create an efficient transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next, and that purpose is no longer valid. School…

— Grant Lichtman

Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people…

— Richard Mitchell

School standards need to rise a lot further if the full potential of all our young people, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, is to…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.

— Margaret Spellings

I think the big challenge that we've got on education is making sure that from kindergarten or prekindergarten through your 14th or 15th year…

— Barack Obama

Success isn't ideal for every child. If we think a child would do better in a different school, whether it's a specialized program or…

— Eva Moskowitz

The reason why I'm so passionate about turning around failing schools is that children who have the misfortune to go to unsucccessful institutions are…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Most people believe that schools were good enough when they were children and that they are good enough now. But the dynamic growth of…

— Diane Ravitch

Education should not be about building more schools and maintaining a system that dates back to the Industrial Revolution. We can achieve so much…

— Naveen Jain

Transforming education is not easy but the price of failure is more than we can afford, while the benefits of success are more than…

— Ken Robinson