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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.
Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.
Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man read more
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.
Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve
Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
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.