Education reform Quote by Paulo Freire

Teaching, may I say, is the noblest profession of all in a democracy.

— Kurt Vonnegut

A democratic education means that we educate people in a way that ensures they can think independently, that they can use information, knowledge, and…

— Linda Darling-Hammond

“In practice the democratic ‘revolutionary’ type of discipline is more reliable than might be expected.”

— George Orwell

“The lesson for progressive education is that it requires in an urgent degree, a degree more pressing than was incumbent upon former innovators, a…

— John Dewey

To force a human being to learn according to a set curriculum is a dictatorial act.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

Education in democracy must be carried on within the Party so that members can understand the meaning of democratic life, the meaning of the…

— Mao Zedong

“Pedagogy is always about power, because it cannot be separated from how subjectives are formed, desires mobilized, how some experiences are legitimized and others…

— Henry A. Giroux

“Education has a social specificity of its own that centres on the conditions for the acquisition of knowledge that can never be reduced to…

— Michael F.D. Young

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children;…

— Shirley Hufstedler

Pedagogy of the Oppressed resonated with progressive educators, already committed to a 'child-centered' rather than a 'teacher-directed' approach to classroom instruction. Freire's rejection of…

— Sol Stern

“For all the talk of education, modern societies neglect to examine by far the most influential means by which their populations are educated. Whatever…

— Alain de Botton

The classroom, with all its limitations, remains a location of possibility. In that field of possibility we have the opportunity to labor for freedom,…

— Bell Hooks