Education Quotes
“I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.”
“Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.”
-- William Glasser
“Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don't want to admit the loss of the empire of the United States and American exceptionalism. In fact, American exceptionalism is that we are exceptionally backward in about fifteen different categories, from education to infrastructure.”
-- James Hillman
“Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods.”
-- Edward Thorndike
“Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.”
-- Benjamin Carson
“We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.”
-- Sandra Day O'Connor