“There has to be a consequence to failure. Schools in the inner cities cannot be told, 'Oh, we want you to teach every child to learn how to read and, incidentally, if you fail to do that there's no consequence,' .. There has to be a consequence to failure, and the Title I money needs to follow the child.” IfsWantNeedsChildrenSchoolCitiesTeachFailingConsequenceTitlesInner City Author:Karl Rove
“To cite my own alma mater, it's shocking to me that Yale University can teach what it teaches at the Yale School of Environmental Studies and utterly fail to mirror those values in any way in its investment practices.” WaySchoolValuesMy OwnTeachPracticeStudyFailingMirrorsInvestmentEnvironmentalUniversityShockingYaleCitingAlma MaterYale University Author:Edward Norton
“In early childhood, children develop a set of symbols that 'stand for' things they see in the world around them... Children are happy with symbolic drawing until about the age of eight or nine... when children develop a passion for realism. Our schools do not provide drawing instruction. Children try on their own to discover the secrets of realistic drawing, but nearly always fail and, sadly, give up on trying.” WorldGivingTryingChildrenAgeSchoolPassionSecretFailingChildhoodGiving UpEightDrawingNineSymbolsRealisticInstructionRealismSymbolicEarly Childhood Author:Betty Edwards
“One of the big failings of art schools is that students aren't given any teaching on how to survive as a one-person business, which is what it is.” PersonsArtBigsSchoolGivenBusinessFailingTeachingStudentsArt School Author:Stuart Pearson Wright
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.” BelieveKindDoeSelfSchoolLearningFailingEasierFunctionSelf Education Book:Science Past, Science Future Source: Science Past, Science Future
“Everybody knows - but no one wants to say - that the Democratic Party has become the party of special interest bigots and racial dividers. It runs the one-party state that controls public services in every major inner city, including the corrupt and failing school systems in which half the students - mainly African American and Hispanic - are denied a shot at the American dream.” KnowsWantStatesDreamRunningSchoolAmericaInterestPartyCitiesHalfFailingSpecialStudentsMajorsShotsDemocraticIncludingAfrican AmericanDeniedAmerican DreamDemocratic PartyPublic ServiceSpecial InterestsHispanicBigotsSchool SystemInner City Author:David Horowitz
“American [public] schools are failing because they are organized according to a bureaucratic, monopolistic model; their organizing principle is basically the same as that of a socialist economy.” SchoolPrinciplesEconomyFailingModelsOrganizedSocialistPublic SchoolSocialist Economy Author:David Boaz
“The school of relationships is where you learn self-knowledge. I just don't know how you could learn it sitting alone in the desert on a rock by yourself. You have to see where you fail at it. And that confrontation with your own ability - "I was again not able to love" - those are the teachable moments.” KnowsSelfMomentsAbleSchoolAbilityKnow HowFailingRocksSittingDesertSelf KnowledgeConfrontationTeachableSitting AloneTeachable Moments Author:Richard Rohr
“If you attempt to implement reforms but fail to engage the culture of a school, nothing will change.” IfsSchoolCultureFailingReform Author:Seymour Sarason