“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
“The notion that a story has a message assumes that it can be reduced to a few abstract words, neatly summarized in a school or college examination paper or a brisk critical review.” StoriesSchoolCollegePaperMessagesAssumingNotionCriticalAbstractReviewsExamination Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“School leadership has been identified as another critical element of student success, and subsequently enough resources and training should be provided to our school principals and administrators to allow them to create a strong ecosystem in our schools and support teachers and parents as well.” ShouldWellsHas BeensEnoughSchoolStrongParentSupportTeacherStudentsElementsTrainingResourcesCriticalPrincipalStudent SuccessEcosystemsAdministratorsSchool Principal Author:Shaheen Mistri
“But the others, those who tried to bring Jesus to life at the call of love, found it a cruel task to be honest. The critical study of the life of Jesus has been for theology a school of honesty. The world had never seen before, and will never see again, a struggle for truth so full of pain and renunciation as that of which the Lives of Jesus of the last hundred years contain the cryptic record.” WorldYearsHas BeensSchoolPainLastsFoundJesusStruggleStudyRecordsAtheismHonestHonestyHundredTasksCriticalPositive AtheismTheologyBeing HonestRenunciationCryptic Author:Albert Schweitzer
“After the privatization of public education everyone will get to choose a school that reflects only your own social values. No need for the competition of ideas or critical thinking. So the curriculum will be up to the school to determine. I am certain that the growing percentage of us who have McJobs will welcome this opportunity to spend a large portion of our income on education and choose an ideology at the same time.” ThinkingNeedsIdeasSchoolCertainValuesOpportunitySocialGrowingCompetitionDetermineCriticalIncomeWelcomeIdeologyPortionsPercentagesCritical ThinkingCurriculumPublic EducationPrivatizationSocial Values Author:David A. Strauss
“It's critical that children spend time before they arrive in school in a warm, attractive and inclusive environment, where they can learn through play, master social skills and prepare for formal schooling.” ChildrenPlaySchoolSocialEnvironmentMastersSkillsWarmCriticalAttractiveFormalSpend TimeSchoolingSocial Skills Author:Michael Gove