It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine.

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.

I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some teachers who could use a little more help in that area.

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

Why, it is as easy to teach the name of an idea, if it is clearly formulated in the child's mind, as to teach the name of an object.

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.