Children Quote by Sarah Singleton

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“It is time that we squarely face the fact that institutional schoolteaching is destructive to children.”

— John Taylor Gatto

When a school introduces and trains each child of society into membership within such a little community, saturating him with the spirit of service,…

— John Dewey

“Instead of revamping school policies to welcome every child, many school systems are bent on revamping the students to conform to their schools.”

— Alexandra Robbins

In a world that has so largely engaged in a mad and often brutally harsh race for material gain by means of ruthless competition,…

— John Dewey

“All collective undertakings require trust. From the games that children play to complex social institutions, humans cannot work together unless they suspend their judgments…

— Tony Judt

“Schools were built to create an efficient transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next, and that purpose is no longer valid.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

“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

“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

“Thus, to the extent that education is driven by signaling rather than learning, it’s more of a competition than a cooperative activity for our…

— Kevin Simler

“So it’s a mixed bag. Schools help prepare us for the modern workplace and perhaps for society at large. But in order to do…

— Kevin Simler

Grosvenor and Burke suggest that continually, though silently, a school building tells students who they are and how they should think about the world.…

— Alison Lurie