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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.
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.
Education is the fire-proofer of emotions.
Education is the fire-proofer of emotions.
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on read more
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.
Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.
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.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.
Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early read more
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement; this will better enable you to find out the natural bent of the child.
