“Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things. When the schools can offer that, you'll have an engineer for life.” MindHandsKidsSchoolOffersBoredDirtyEngineeringEngineers Author:Bruce Dickinson
“Our schools offer no conception of the scientific process of discovery. They do not encourage creative thought, in fact, they stifle it through too much rigidity in teaching. If we set out to give as little help as possible to originality in science, we could hardly devise a better plan than our education system. Youngsters ought to be told what is unknown about ourselves and our universe as well as what is known.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesFactsHelpingSchoolUniverseProcessKnownCreativeToo MuchPlansTeachingIgnoranceOughtOffersDiscoveryConceptionOriginalityEducation SystemYoungstersRigidityCreative ThoughtLittle Help Author:William Lipscomb
“The Coventry School Committee has been ahead of the curve in addressing the nutrition needs of our students. This committee is an extension of a process begun more than a year ago to ensure the foods we offer had high nutritional value.” NeedsYearsHas BeensSchoolValuesProcessStudentsOffersYears AgoNutritionCommitteesExtensionsCurvesCoventry Author:Michael Reeves
“The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the unions protest the loudest. Their attitude was memorably expressed by a longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers: He said, quote, 'When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of children.'” WayChildrenSaidIdeasSchoolLostPresidentInterestAttitudeTeacherGroupsExampleOffersUnionsDareDuesProtestNew IdeasRepresentingFederationTeachers Unions Author:Mitt Romney
“Not every child learns for the same purpose, not every child thrives in the same settings and schools. Limiting a child to just one opportunity does nothing more than limit that child's future. The way forward must involve more public charter schools, which offer parents a tuition-free alternative to their neighborhood school.” WayChildrenDoeSchoolPurposeOpportunityParentEducationOffersLimitsSettingSettingsAlternativesJust OneThriveNeighborhoodCharterTuitionWay ForwardCharter Schools Author:Rick Perry
“Public libraries are our great teachers and storytellers, and are a vital adjunct to our schools. In this day of standardized and homogenized education, a library offers individual and personalized learning opportunities second to none.” SchoolOpportunityIndividualTeacherOffersLibraryThis DayStorytellerGreat TeacherPublic LibraryPersonalized Author:Julie Andrews
“We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's easy to tune out.” SchoolUsedSocialEasyMediaOffersConnectionsSocial MediaInstantCharacteristicsTunesParticipationGratificationInstant Gratification Author:Adora Svitak
“It's a funny thing, in the US we all believe that we have a right to go to school. We have a right to a good education. And we don't. The U.S. Constitution contains no right for a child to go to school, let alone for a child to go to a good school. And yet, we know that if they don't go to a good school, they're less likely to be able to realize all that this country has to offer.” IfsKnowsBelieveChildrenCountryAbleSchoolRealizingOffersConstitutionFunny ThingsGood EducationGood School Author:Benjamin Jealous
“Today, only a fool would offer herself as the singular role model for the Good Mother. Most of us know not to tempt the fates. Themoment I felt sure I had everything under control would invariably be the moment right before the principal called to report that one of my sons had just driven somebody's motorcycle through the high school gymnasium.” KnowsMomentsTodaySchoolMotherFeltRolesFateSonFoolOffersModelsHigh SchoolDrivenReportsMy SonRole ModelsPrincipalMotorcycleGood MotherGymnasiums Author:Mary Blakely
“The nomadic lifestyle does work for a lot of working parents, but I've traveled and I've seen it, and I want to be able to go home at night and see my daughter. I want to be there for her first day of school and her school recital. Honestly, television is what offers me that.” WantFirstsDoeHomeAbleSchoolNightParentTelevisionOffersDaughterHonestlyLifestyleMy DaughterTraveledNomadicFirst Day Of SchoolRecitalsWorking Parents Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“I can't really blame a lot of young sisters and brothers who believe that education has anything to offer them. Because as a matter of fact, it has nothing to offer them. Suppose they do get a high school diploma that is meaningful. What kind of job is awaiting them. The jobs that used to be available to working class people are not there as a result of the de-industrialization of this economy.” PeopleBelieveKindI CanMatterFactsSchoolJobsYoungUsedResultsClassEconomyBrotherOffersHigh SchoolBlameAvailableMeaningfulUsed To BeWorking ClassBrothers And SistersMatter Of FactDiplomaIndustrializationHigh School Diploma Author:Angela Davis
“The people who run the major banks have MBAs and wear suits. And when those people in suits come to the homes of people who don't have a high school diploma, don't even speak English, and offer them a home at zero percent down, that doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense.” PeopleHomeRunningSchoolSpeakHellOffersMajorsPercentHigh SchoolSuitsZeroSpeak EnglishDiplomaMbaHigh School Diploma Author:Ramin Bahrani
“Schools in the future will be judged less because of the credentials that they bestow, and more because of the experiences that they offer.” SchoolOffersJudgedCredentials Author:Roger Schank
“We can all be grateful that there is a place like (University of) North Texas! North Texas has been unique among schools in the country that offer jazz studies . . . quality!” Has BeensCountrySchoolQualityStudyOffersUniqueGratefulJazzUniversityTexasBe Grateful Author:Peter Erskine
“Rarely do outside of school remedies work their way into the fabric of the schools or into the teachers lives, and more rarely into the classrooms. Therefore they only offer a modest hope of influencing the basic culture of the school” WaySchoolCultureTeacherInfluenceOffersClassroomRemedyFabricModest Author:Roland Barthes
“With all the classes they offer at school, how come they don't have one for common sense?” SchoolCommonClassOffersCommon Sense Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“Because I was into like proving myself, which was one of the big things that ah, that the whole military experience sort of offers a kid at that age, um, I went to officer candidate school. Um, and I graduated as a second lieutenant at the age of nineteen.” WholeBigsKidsAgeSchoolMilitaryOffersProveCandidatesOfficersBig ThingsNineteenLieutenantsMilitary Experience Author:Peter P. Mahoney
“I think the impacts of 9/11 on academic freedom vary greatly depending on locale and time (softening with the passage of time), and even within the same community, and likely within the same schools. This variability makes it difficult to offer generalized responses without accompanying caveats.” ThinkingSchoolDifficultCommunityOffersImpactResponsePassagesAcademicVaryPassage Of TimeVariabilityAcademic Freedom Author:Richard A. Falk
“We need to finally be proactive in enlightening people from Islamic cultural groups. And this applies to immigrants already here as well as to current refugees. The German constitution stands above the Sharia. Schools need to offer classes on gender equality. You also have to offer an alternative to young men with a penchant for violence.” PeopleMenNeedsWellsSchoolYoungClassViolenceGroupsOffersConstitutionCurrentsGenderAlternativesYoung ManIslamicImmigrantsRefugeeEnlighteningGender EqualityProactiveSharia Author:Alice Schwarzer
“The college recruiting process shouldn't be about how many schools have interest in you or how many offers you get, it should be about you finding the right school.” ShouldSchoolProcessInterestCollegeOffersFindings Author:Billy Kennedy
“Unfortunately, there are very few facilities which offer courses in the arts. Not all the secondary schools offer the subject for CXC examinations.” ArtSchoolCoursesSubjectsOffersExaminationFacilitySecondary School Author:St. Lucia
“I only had one year of eligibility and I wasn't getting many offers from other schools. I jumped on it to make a mark. That was the most wise decision I made coming out of Oklahoma junior college.” YearsMadeSchoolDecisionWiseCollegeOffersMarkComing OutJuniorsOklahomaWise DecisionEligibilityMost Wise Author:John Starks
“What each school offers is something unique. But, there are two types of activity an architect must be educated on. First, the architect needs concentrated activities to learn the guidelines, and that is what school is for. But, second, is the public aspect of education. The architect needs to see architecture in the streets to learn.” NeedsFirstsTwoSchoolStreetsTypeOffersActivityUniqueAspectArchitectureEducatedArchitectGuidelines Author:Santiago Calatrava
“When I met David Green at film school he always used to offer free haircuts - he was kind of an artisan. In a lot of our films, he's constantly trying to give me weird looks.” GivingTryingLooksKindSchoolFilmUsedMetsOffersGive MeGreenHaircutsFilm SchoolArtisans Author:Danny McBride
“I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and deciding to stay in my public school.” KidsSchoolRememberOffersMarsPublic SchoolScholarship Author:Edward Norton