Classroom Quote by Larry Cuban

As teachers, we must constantly try to improve schools and we must keep working at changing and experimenting and trying until we have developed…

— Albert Shanker

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.

— Marian Wright Edelman

I urge state, local, and elected officials to make sure classroom teachers have a voice in your plans and efforts to reimagine education; second…

— Miguel Cardona

There has been a growing consensus across the country - from statehouses to the White House and the halls of Congress - that we…

— Ruben Hinojosa

There has been so much recent talk of progress in the areas of curriculum innovation and textbook revision that few people outside the field…

— Jonathan Kozol

Inspiration, hunger: these are the qualities that drive good schools. The best we educational planners can do is to create the most likely conditions…

— Ted Sizer

“Our schools today are probably further away from self-management than most other types of organizations. We have turned schools, almost everywhere, into soulless factories…

— Frederic Laloux

“Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average citizen should be content with their humble role in life.”

— Anonymous

We need to build on what we know works - local oversight of schools to keep a check on performance, timely interventions in schools…

— David Blunkett

At first, students tend to freeze at the first effort. The breakthrough comes when they realize that they can make it better - can…

— M. H. Abrams

In addition to a well-funded school system, we need to encourage and exploit innovative approaches for learning outside the classroom.

— Priyamvada Natarajan

We've long believed teachers know best what their students need to succeed, and that includes the creation of healthy, supportive school communities.

— Charles Best