Citizens Quote by Neil Postman

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in school.

— Diane Ravitch

“In almost any group of people you’ll find hierarchy. When groups of adults form in the real world, it’s generally for some common purpose,…

— Paul Graham

“School forces unique individuals to think, act, and, look alike.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Schools breed conformity. They socialise children in a particular way, make them into cooperative team players with limited capacity to think for themselves.”

— Sarah Singleton

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather…

— Harvey Cushing

The school has the function of coordinating within the disposition of each individual the diverse influences of the various social environments into which he…

— John Dewey

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

“We Are Taught That Individualism Is Key , But Despite This ,Are Judged Collectively .”

— Toya .M. Weekes

“I also believe that the boundaries of school need to be made more porous and permeable, that we need to reduce the generational segregation…

— Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

A school is like a big family, theres the big brothers the big sisters, younger sisters and brothers and if you want to be…

— Levita Charin

For most, the school is the first model of a community, and it can be a very powerful one. We need to ensure that…

— Howard Gardner

“Not everyone in school is learning. Not everyone learning is in school”

— Saji Ijiyemi