Conservatory Quote by Ludwig von Mises

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.

— Ludwig von Mises

“I've noticed a fascinating phenomenon in my thirty years of teaching: schools and schooling are increasingly irrelevant to the great enterprises of the planet.…

— John Taylor Gatto

“Educators are instrumental mentors molding the elite leaders of tomorrow.”

— Wayne Chirisa

Thinking that education is something different from discipling our children is a sure sign that we have been 'educated' by the state. Education is…

— R. C. Sproul, Jr

In the history of education, the most striking phenomenon is that schools of learning, which at one epoch are alive with a ferment of…

— Ted Sizer

“Schools were built to create an efficient transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next, and that purpose is no longer valid.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

“Unspoiled by education, frank and unsuspecting as young an8imals, they came up to school from their meadows, their games, and their dreams. The simple…

— Erich Maria Remarque

Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you…

— Noam Chomsky

Education must enable young people to effect what they have recognized to be right, despite hardships, despite dangers, despite inner skepticism, despite boredom, and…

— Kurt Hahn

“In a universe where all life is in movement, where ever fact seen in perspective is totally engaging, we impose stillness on lively young…

— Marjorie Spock

I’ve noticed a fascinating phenomenon in my twenty-five years of teaching - that schools and schooling are increasingly irrelevant to the great enterprises of…

— John Taylor Gatto

It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of…

— Noah Webster