Lester Frank Ward Quotes

THE most widespread form of child abuse in the United States is parents sending children to the government to be educated.

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.

Knowing what to expect from a teacher is a really good thing, of course: It lets you get the right answers more quickly than you would otherwise.

I have two tutors - a maths tutor and another tutor who does all the other subjects. It is part of the deal with myself; I really want to finish school. I like learning and education, and I think it is really important.

the superiority of state over private education lies in the fact that in the former the teacher is responsible to society... The result desired by the state is a wholly different one from that desired by parents, guardians, and pupils.

I don’t want the Government to teach my kids’ family values.

Two men who differ as to the ends of life cannot hope to agree about education.

My parents were obsessed with my education.

Standardized testing is at cross purposes with many of the most important purposes of public education. It doesn't measure big-picture learning, critical thinking, perseverance, problem solving, creativity or curiosity, yet those are the qualities great teaching brings out in a student.

School is something that I drive to finish.

Teachers across the world are doing all they can to ensure a good education is the top priority for children.

But there are parents out there who feel like they have been shut out from the process of how their children are educated, and that's never a good thing.

My parents wanted me to go to school.

There isn't really any Common Core any more. Each state is able to set the standards for their state. They may elect to adopt very high standards for their students to aspire to and to work toward. And that will be up to each state.

School is at once a place of hope, but it's also a laboratory that exposes our differences.

I probably wish I'd worked harder in school. I loved school but it was more a social thing for me. I did well in school but I could have done better.

As long as I am forbidden to see the MSPAP, my children will be forbidden to take the MSPAP.

Getting a good education was of immense importance to my parents.

There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they shall be taught, and expropriate from the parents the funds to pay for the procedure.

One of the most consistent findings about low performing schools and students is that "home variables" (parental income and education, etc.) are more predictive than "school variables." But, having said that, we as a society can have much more effect on the school variables than on the home variables, so it's important and valuable to focus on the question of which interventions in schools are most effective and which are least effective.

Perhaps being a parent has changed career more in that you ask yourself how long you'll be away from home. My eldest child is approaching school age so that becomes more important. They're less portable.

The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we call - in enemy nations - 'state indoctrination.'

We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. And more Americans finish college than ever before.

The fears and anxieties and obsessions wrapped up in being a parent.

Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.