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.

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., read more

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve
possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]

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.

We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.

We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Nature has always had more force than education.

Nature has always had more force than education.

The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance read more

The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.