More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on read more

More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build alot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities. -Jonathan Kozol.

Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. read more

Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Culture is "To know the best that has been said and thought in
the world."

Culture is "To know the best that has been said and thought in
the world."

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's read more

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.

A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.