Education is that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Education is that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.

A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.

Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this
age. There is another personage,--a read more

Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this
age. There is another personage,--a personage less imposing in
the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is
abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the
soldier, in full military array.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -W. B. Yeats.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -W. B. Yeats.

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every read more

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.

Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any read more

Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream.

The world is run by C students.

The world is run by C students.

Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student.

Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student.