Quotes about education
education children parent
What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that that must community want for all it's children. John Dewey
educational ends process
The educational process has no end beyond itself; it is its own end. John Dewey
education school order
Schools should take an active part in directing social change, and share in the construction of a new social order John Dewey
education responsibility ideas
It is part of the educator's responsibility to see equally to two things: First, that the problem grows out of the conditions of the experience being had in the present, and that it is within the range of the capacity of students; and, secondly, that it is such that it arouses in the learner an active quest for information and for production of new ideas. The new facts and new ideas thus obtained become the ground for further experiences in which new problems are presented. John Dewey
education self-education
Education is life itself. John Dewey
education art poet
And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art. John B. S. Haldane
education
Education is... doing anything that changes you. George Leonard
education tree twigs
As the twig is bent the tree is inclined. George Ade
education writing school
"Whom are you?" said he, for he had been to night school. George Ade
education school learning
Let the radiance of my enthusiasms envelop the poor courtyard and the bare classroom. Let my heart be a stronger column and my goodwill purer gold than the columns and gold of rich schools. Gabriela Mistral
education children parenting
Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today. Gabriela Mistral
education father college
My father is a college professor and that's about the extent of my college experience. I'm sort of a professional student forever. I think just as human beings we always have a student who is alive in us and is waiting to pop up and make us feel like we are 16 years-old again. Gabriel Mann
education sides common
The greatest defect of common education is, that we are in the habit of putting pleasure all on one side, and weariness on the other; all weariness in study, all pleasure in idleness. Francois Fenelon
educational causes watches
Even other movies I wasn't involved with, I'd watch them edit 'cause I really enjoy watching them go through their process. It's a very economical, educational process. George Clooney
education children america
A third place to build the Great Society is in the classrooms of America. There your children's lives will be shaped. Our society will not be great until every young mind is set free to scan the farthest reaches of thought and imagination. We are still far from that goal. Lyndon B. Johnson
education jobs children
We decided that our first job was to help the schools serving the children from the very lowest income groups. Those families constitute the number one burden, the number one burden in this Nation on the school systems. Lyndon B. Johnson
education children opportunity
We know that they cannot bear their share of the taxes to help pay for their education. And unless those children get a good education we know that they become dropouts and they become delinquents and they become taxeaters instead of taxpayers. We know that they will join the unemployed. That is why we put top priority on breaking the vicious cycle that today threatens the future of 5 million children in this great land of opportunity which we talk about so much. Lyndon B. Johnson
education new-experiences skills
Most of all we need an education which will create an educated mind. This is a mind not simply a repository of information and skills, but a mind that is a source of creative skepticism, characterized by a willingness to challenge old assumptions and to be challenged, a spaciousness of outlook, and convictions that are deeply held, but which new facts and new experiences can always modify. Lyndon B. Johnson
education mean challenges
It means an educational system which does not simply equip the students to adjust to society, but which enables the student to challenge and to modify, and at times reject, if necessary, the received wisdom of his elders. Lyndon B. Johnson
education country real
For it was only after I could become President of this country that I could really see in all its hopeful and troubling implications just how much the hopes of our citizens and the security of our Nation and the real strength of our democracy depended upon the learning and the understanding of our people. Lyndon B. Johnson
education school destiny
We have always believed that our people can stand on no higher ground than the school ground, or can enter any more hopeful room than the classroom. We blend time and faith and knowledge in our schools - not only to create educated citizens, but also to shape the destiny of this great Republic. Lyndon B. Johnson
education years freedom-of-speech
In the years since then, those four freedoms - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear - have stood as a summary of our aspirations for the American Republic and for the world. Lyndon B. Johnson
education reality goal
And Americans have always stood ready to pay the cost in energy and treasure which are needed to make those goals a reality. Lyndon B. Johnson
education powerful able
Today - wealthier, more powerful and more able than ever before in our history - our Nation can declare another essential freedom. Lyndon B. Johnson
education children work-out
The experts spent a great deal of time and study working out a formula which would be fair to every State and fair to every county and fair to every child, and would put the education dollar where that dollar is needed most, now. Lyndon B. Johnson
education country thinking
I don't think that I need to tell you how important to the outcome of that race is the education legislation that is now before the Congress. I hope that it is important enough that most of you have studied it in detail. I hope that you understand that it represents the very best thinking that the leading educators of this country can produce. Lyndon B. Johnson
education teacher children
In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid, and many of our paid teachers are unqualified. So we must give every child a place to sit and a teacher to learn from. Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty. Lyndon B. Johnson
education teacher teaching
But more classrooms and more teachers are not enough. We must seek an educational system which grows in excellence as it grows in size. This means better training for our teachers. It means preparing youth to enjoy their hours of leisure as well as their hours of labor. It means exploring new techniques of teaching, to find new ways to stimulate the love of learning and the capacity for creation. Lyndon B. Johnson
education school years
In addition to our existing programs, I will recommend a new program for schools and students with a first-year authorization of $1,500 million. Lyndon B. Johnson
education children school
It will help at every state along the road to learning. For the pre-school years we will help needy children become aware of the excitement of learning. Lyndon B. Johnson
education school years
For the primary and secondary school years, we will aid public schools serving low-income families and assist students in both public and private schools. Lyndon B. Johnson
education school college
For the college years we will provide scholarships to high school students of the greatest promise and greatest need and guarantee low-interest loans to students continuing their college studies. Lyndon B. Johnson
education teaching school
New laboratories and centers will help our schools lift their standards of excellence and explore new methods of teaching. These centers will provide special training for those who need and deserve special treatment. Lyndon B. Johnson