Active participation Quote by Sylvia Farnham-Diggory

“Our schools are no closer in connecting the education of children to their development as human beings: each child as an individual with a…

— Paula Polk Lillard

“The one that we’re involved with is that kids are natural learners. That’s the paradigm we know is true, and modern brain research reinforces…

— Ken Robinson

“Schools were built to create an efficient transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next, and that purpose is no longer valid.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

Children don't need learning. They need access to what they want to learn outside the home.

— Daniel Quinn

We need to create schools that are organized to meet the needs of the kids they serve instead of what we've been doing. We…

— Pedro Noguera

“Each adult viewed himself or herself as a stand-alone learning project. Now we see how powerfully the entire organization can leverage an ever-widening knowledge…

— Grant Lichtman

“Our goal is for our kids to be intentional about everything they do --- to reject passivity and mindless consumption and to embrace an…

— Ben Sasse

When we home schooled my oldest, Jasper, in eighth grade, I saw how empowering it is for a child to learn in their own…

— Suzy Amis

I've learned that creating a healthy, active environment for kids helps build the foundation for a successful future.

— Mo Williams

Knowledge and engagement are a powerful antidote to forces that often work against our kids being healthy.

— Dean Ornish

The nature of schooling as we know it has become the unquestioned answer to educating our children. It is not. Knowing what we now…

— Stephanie Pace Marshall

Education is helping the child realise his potentialities.

— Erich Fromm