The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state.

Nós, pais erramos muito e frequentemente porque os manuais são genéricos e nosso produto específico.

Only that education deserves emphatically to be termed cultivation of the mind which teaches young people how to begin to think.

Improving intelligence is possible, but it is more likely to occur if children are given the right experiences at the right ages.

The purpose of education is to save young people from the paralyzing effects of wealth and poverty. (more or less verbatim quote)

The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now.

Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Dans les sociétés vernaculaires, l'éducation est homéotélique vis-à-vis de Gaïa

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Academic failure contributes to poverty and poor health and undermines workforce productivity in ways that harm the entire society.

The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother's care, shall be in state institutions.

The quality of the relationships that students have in class with their peers and teachers is important to their success in school.

There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.

I would say, then, that you are faced with a future in which education is going to be number one amongst the great world industries.