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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war read more
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism read more
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.
What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook.
What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook.
We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.
We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.
All real education is the architecture of the soul.
All real education is the architecture of the soul.
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math read more
How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our "pocket of excellence" is that 75% of [American] students have learned to "critique tactfully?" -Barbara J. Alexander.
