Quotes About Education

Learning never exhausts the mind.—Leonardo da Vinci

Like everyone, you think you are rational, but you are not. Rationality is not a power you are born with but one you acquire through training and practice.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. —Albert Einstein

Empathy plays an enormous role in learning and knowledge.

History has always fascinated me. As Cicero himself once wrote: 'To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?' I quickly forgot the cold and could have spent all day happily unwinding that roll, poring over the events of more than sixty years before.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history? —Cicero, Orator, 46 BC

Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.

Dad claims that library science is the foundation of all sciences just as math is the key -- and we will survive or founder, depending on how well the librarians do their jobs. Librarians didn't look glamorous to me but maybe Dad had hit on a not very obvious truth.

When One Teaches, Two Learn

Writing can be learned, but not taught.

Of the few things I've learned is that humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way.

Characteristics of sound feedback include that it should be frequent, give students a clear picture of their progress and how they might improve, and provide encouragement.

Every great leader is clearly teaching and every great teacher is leading

Comprehensive observations occur over an extended period of time—typically the majority of a class period and ideally an entire class period.

both are key components of what is commonly referred to as classroom management (Marzano et al., 2003). A case can be made that if strategies for these two elements are not in place, a teacher will have little control of the classroom.

first phase is referred to as the cognitive phase. During this phase, the teacher is attempting to understand the strategy, but not using it with any utility or effectiveness.

The third phase is referred to as the autonomous phase. During this phase, the teacher can perform the strategy with little conscious thought and can, therefore, attend to other issues while performing the strategy.

student achievement in classes with highly skilled teachers is better than student achievement in classes with less skilled teachers.

the observer might note that the teacher completes the strategy, but does not seem to monitor to see if the strategy is actually helping students activate their prior knowledge relative to the topic being studied.

The only feedback teachers receive is whether they use the strategy. Such a process provides no feedback as to the level of skill a teacher exhibits relative to a particular strategy. This absence violates a basic principle of effective feedback

simply providing teachers with feedback that they either used a strategy or did not use a strategy does little to enhance teacher expertise.

If we exaggerate the present and future value of the stock market, then as a society we may invest too much in business start-ups and expansions, and too little in infrastructure, education, and other forms of human capital.

Women were always happy for a chance to educate a boy when he was young; Mat thought they assumed they could educate him out of becoming a man if they tried hard enough.

Great. Wonderful." Mat let out a relieved sigh. Women were always happy for a chance to educate a boy when he was young; Mat thought they assumed they could educate him out of becoming a man if they tried hard enough.