#ducati

Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations. ↗

— Diane Ravitch

#death

Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accountable" for their education performance...In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats. ↗

— Ron Paul

#politics #education

What it means to be human is to bring up your children in safety, educate them, keep them healthy, teach them how to care for themselves and others, allow them to develop in their own way among adults who are sane and responsibile, who know the value of the world and not its economic potential. It means art, it means time, it means all the invisibles never counted by the GDP and the census figures. It means knowing that life has an inside as well as an outside. And I think it means love. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#education #humanity #love #art

You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons." Bast smiled a terrible smile. "There is only my kind." Bast leaned closer still, Chronicler smelled flowers on his breath. "You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. You do not know the first note of the music that moves me. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#education

With ignorance comes fear- from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to acceptance. ↗

— Kathleen Patel

#lgbt #resources #education

Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef Boy-Ar-Dee and you ought to be ashamed to have turned in such preposterous answers! Calvin: I just don't test well. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#education

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#homeschool #homeschooling #learning #education

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#eyes #had #hanging #i #indiscriminately

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#education #humor #innate-wisdom #education

Teachers don't just teach; they can be vital personalities who help young people to mature, to understand the world, and to understand themselves. A good education consists of much more than useful facts and marketable skills. ↗

— Charles Platt

#education