Quotes about Education

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.

I can't say it enough that learning how to learn is one of the greatest skills anyone can have. It's why I advocate that everyone go to college.

Why buy a book when you can join a library.

Most blacks want school vouchers, but most liberals vehemently oppose them. Why? Because what is good for teachers' unions is of more importance to the Left than what is good for blacks. Who, then, is racist? By their own admission, and by the policies they pursue, the answer is the people who call themselves progressive.

In terms of mathematics textbooks, why can't you have the scale of a national market? Right now, we have a Texas textbook that's different from a California textbook that's different from a Massachusetts textbook. That's very expensive.

I don't know that my schooling was conducive to wild ideas and creativity, but it gave me discipline, drive. They taught me how to think. I really know how to think.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

aren't lazy or unwilling to work: they just don't know how to free themselves from the welfare security blanket.