Age Quote by Michael Rosen

I'm not arguing for a return to the grammar school system, but there must be a way of identifying bright kids from ordinary backgrounds…

— Andrew Neil

A schoolchild should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.

— E. B. White

“A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an…

— Anonymous

I have to admit that I'm not very good with grammar. They taught grammar in elementary and high school, but I went to public…

— Trevor Paglen

Education in British schools isn't good enough. It's not remotely imaginative enough. It lets down too many children, excluding them from society, and, as…

— Richard Rogers

I've been thinking that school, or certainly the traditional English public school model, is like a prison, in that you can't get out and…

— Rutger Bregman

“With hindsight, going to Nottingham High School transformed my whole life. I think that six boys and six girls from Highbury Primary School had…

— Ken Clarke

My system is to be considered a system leading up, in a general way, to education. It can be followed not only in the…

— Maria Montessori

“To tell a group of adolescents who already know how to speak and write that that is the purpose of grammar is like telling…

— Muriel Barbery

Conservatives have always embraced the idea of grammar schools - that giving a top tier education to bright children from working class backgrounds provides…

— Dawn Foster

There's no reason why you can't deliver a grammar-school curriculum to an all-ability intake.

— Toby Young

When I was at Paisley Grammar we were equipped to compete with the private-school kids - and encouraged to do so. The sky was…

— Andrew Neil