“School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom continues to accept this axiom, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.” SchoolResultsEducationAcceptingTeachingEvidenceBuiltInstitutionsContraryDespiteOverwhelmingAxioms Book:The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays Source: The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays
“Evolution is a large political controversy as to what should be taught in the schools. But there is no scientific controversy that we evolved when we talk about evidence from fossils and DNA.” ShouldSchoolPoliticalTaughtEvolutionEvidenceDnaFossilsControversy Author:Carl Zimmer
“Put the money into schools. Rational ones that train young minds to think, to demand that persons in authority show the evidence for the ideas they push. Do that, and we won't need to provide a world for the Sacred Brethren who, given the opportunity, would run everyone else off the planet.” ThinkingWorldNeedsMindPersonsIdeasShowsRunningSchoolYoungOpportunityGivenPlanetsDemandAuthorityEvidenceSacredTrainRationalBrethrenYoung Minds Author:Jack McDevitt