“I didn't even get a computer till I was 16, so I didn't have Internet when I was in middle school and beginning of high school. I didn't think to be looking things up and looking at message boards saying whether people liked me or not.” PeopleThinkingSchoolMiddleInternetComputerMessagesHigh SchoolBoardsMiddle School Author:Sara Paxton
“That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.” FirstsChildrenProblemSchoolUnderstandingResponsibilityPovertyKeysMembersExtraordinaryCriticalBoardsMealsLatchesSchool BoardBoard Members Author:Richard Lugar
“That the Texas Legislature, that the Texas school boards, the Texas teachers, we collectively know best how to educate our children, rather than some bureaucrat in Washington.” KnowsChildrenSchoolEducationTeacherOur ChildrenBoardsTexasEducateLegislatureBureaucratsSchool Board Author:Rick Perry
“A surfer is poised on a wave on his board, cutting quickly to the left. He'll always be there, in that moment. He's never left it. He had no birth, he didn't go to school, he didn't purchase the board; none of those things ever were.” MomentsSchoolScienceLeftCuttingBuddhismBirthWaveBoardsThat MomentSurfer Author:Frederick Lenz
“What holds for adults holds even more for children, sensitive and conscious of differences. I certainly hope that the Board of Education will think very, very seriously before it introduces this division and antagonism in our public schools.” ThinkingChildrenSchoolDifferencesAtheismConsciousAdultsSensitiveBoardsDivisionIntroducingPublic SchoolAntagonismBoard Of Education Author:John Dewey
“I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, 'We shouldn't be teaching creationism.' Being right doesn't mean it'll pass.” MeanSchoolAtheismTeachingScientistMeetingsPositive AtheismBoardsSufficientCreationismSchool BoardBoard Meetings Author:Eugenie Scott
“I was always involved in the arts from a young age. I started studying classical piano at age four as a student of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music.” ArtAgeSchoolYoungStudyFourStudentsInvolvedPianoBoardsRoyalYoung Age Author:Monica Raymund
“I am a political recidivist. An incorrigible, repeat voter. A career lever-pusher. My electoral rap sheet is as long as your arm. Over the course of three decades, I have voted for presidents and school board members. I have voted in high hopes and high dudgeon. I have voted in favor of candidates and merely against their opponents. I have voted for propositions written with such complexity that I needed Noam Chomsky to deconstruct their meaning. I have been a single-issue voter and a marginal voter. I have even voted for people who ran unopposed. Hold an election and I'll be there.” PeopleLongHas BeensSchoolPoliticalThreeCoursesPresidentCareersIssuesWrittenArmsNeededMembersElectionRapDecadesFavorsRanBoardsOpponentsComplexityRepeatsCandidatesVotersSheetsPropositionsLeversIncorrigibleSchool BoardBoard Members Author:Ellen Goodman
“Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.” PeopleWorldSchoolParentTeachTeacherBoardsClassroomPrincipalJanitorBoard Of Education Author:Virginia Satir
“If you want to pray at a town hall meeting or a school board meeting or in the halls of Congress, that ought to be acceptable in the United States.” IfsWantStatesSchoolUnitedUnited StatesOughtPrayingTownsMeetingsCongressBoardsHallsAcceptableSchool BoardBoard Meetings Author:Tim Walberg
“We are a people of many races, many faiths, creeds, and religions. I do not think that the men who made the Constitution forbade the establishment of a State church because they were opposed to religion. They knew that the introduction of religious differences into American life would undermine the democratic foundations of this country. What holds for adults holds even more for children, sensitive and conscious of differences. I certainly hope that the Board of Education will think very, very seriously before it introduces this division and antagonism in our public schools.” PeopleThinkingMenChildrenMadeCountryStatesSchoolDifferencesChurchReligiousRaceAtheismHe ManConsciousAdultsConstitutionFoundationDemocraticPositive AtheismSensitiveBoardsDivisionEstablishmentIntroducingCreedsPublic SchoolIntroductionAmerican LifeAntagonismBoard Of EducationReligious Differences Author:John Dewey