“If this prinicpal thinks blogging isn't educational, he needs his head examined: he should be seeking out every student blogger in the school and giving them special time to blog more - and giving them extra credit besides.” IfsThinkingNeedsGivingShouldSchoolFunnySpecialStudentsSeekingEducationalCreditExtrasThoughtfulBlogsBloggingBloggersSpecial Times Author:Cory Doctorow
“It's one of the things writing students don't understand. They write a first draft and are quite disappointed, or often should be disappointed. They don't understand that they have merely begun, and that they may be merely beginning even in the second or third draft.” ShouldWritingFirstsMayStudentsThirdsDisappointed Author:Elizabeth Hardwick
“Grosvenor and Burke suggest that continually, though silently, a school building tells students who they are and how they should think about the world. It can help to manufacture rote obedience or independent activity; it can create high self-confidence or low self-esteem.” ThinkingWorldShouldSelfHelpingSchoolSelf EsteemStudentsBuildingActivityLowsIndependentSelf ConfidenceEsteemObedienceLow Self EsteemSchool Buildings Author:Alison Lurie
“From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.” ShouldWholeStudyProgressEffectsStudentsOughtPeriodsDiseaseObservationWitnessSicknessPersevereCommencement Author:Robert James Graves
“No two children learn in the same way. While we might agree that every American eight-year-old should be able to read and multiply, beyond those basics, there are few reasons to make every student follow the same path.” WayShouldYearsChildrenTwoReasonMightAblePathStudentsAgreeEightBasics Author:John Katzman
“Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in other basic courses, such as U.S. history. Until then, we need to focus on producing well-educated citizens steeped in their country's history and mindful of their civic responsibilities.” IfsNeedsShouldWellsCountryCoursesResponsibilityEnvironmentFocusStudentsCitizensEducatedCivicsWell EducatedProficiencyCivic Responsibility Author:George Nethercutt
“Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success in the future workforce," said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia. "With common standards and assessments, students, parents, and teachers will have a clear, consistent understanding of the skills necessary for students to succeed after high school and compete with peers across the state line and across the ocean.” ShouldChildrenSaidStatesMightSchoolParentUnderstandingPresidentLinesCommonQualityClearTeacherWiseStudentsSucceedSkillsOceanStandardsHigh SchoolWestDetermineEducationalFormerCodeExcellentConsistentMailBobGovernorsPeersAlliancesVirginiaAssessmentWorkforceZipsSortingWest VirginiaParents And TeachersAfter High SchoolExcellent Education Author:Bob Wise
“There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view.” ShouldFirstsTwoBookLiteratureViewsEmotionStudyStudentsMethodPoint Of ViewThoughts And EmotionsWorkmanship Book:Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
“I'm a huge proponent of exchanges, student exchanges, cultural exchanges, university exchanges. We talk a lot about public diplomacy, .. It's extremely important that we get our message out, but it's also the case that we should not have a monologue with other people. It has to be a conversation, and you can't do that without exchanges and openness.” PeopleShouldImportantCasesStudentsHugeConversationMessagesUniversityOpennessDiplomacyMonologuesCultural Exchange Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Of course, all students should learn African history, as they should learn the history of other continents and major civilizations. But this history should be taught accurately and based on the best scholarship, not ideology or politics.” ShouldCoursesStudentsTaughtCivilizationMajorsIdeologyContinentsScholarship Author:Diane Ravitch
“The student's ambition should be to become a painter's painter, rather than a popular painter. The approbation of fellow artists based on sympathy and understanding is manifestly better than the fickle or fast homage of the greater public.” ShouldArtistUnderstandingGreaterStudentsAmbitionFellowsPainterHomageFickle Author:Walter J. Phillips
“Students should not feel as if they had missed the boat if they failed examinations and should be presented with more opportunities to further their studies.” IfsFeelsShouldOpportunityStudyStudentsBoatExamination Author:Joseph Muscat