Quotes About Curriculum

A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives.

I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art.

Culinary science? You elected culinary science? That's the most brainless class ever. -Rose to Christian

I knew that the stupidest students, the silliest professors, and the worst bull courses are concentrated in schools of education

What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.

There are a lot of legislators who are afraid that kids will learn science and lose their faith.

To teach kids that creationism explains something about the world is no different than teaching them that the earth is flat.

Religion is compulsory in English schools, you know.

how does a fascist decide what to teach kids in school? He uses the same yardstick. Teach the kids whatever serves the interests of the nation; the truth does not matter.

Statistics courses are now part of the basic requirements, not just in physics and biology, but also in psychology, sociology, economics and political science

In those early days, God gave us wonderful experiences to confirm our faith, then sooner or later, He chose a more difficult curriculum for us. Struggles, disappointments, and misunderstandings about the nature of the Christian life threatened our fledgling faith, but the winter season provided the opportunity to go deeper and grow closer to God.

You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R.

Schools teach ignorance.

One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. One of the first things our schools do is destroy that distinction.

Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child

And just because you have colleges and universities doesn't mean you have education.

It's not the school, the curriculum, or the teacher, but motivation that is the single most important ingredient in learning.

We must never return to the Julie Andrews curriculum where we teach "a few of my favorite things"!

As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important than algebra, no matter what your third-period teacher claims.

The Common Curriculum can easily become the karaoke curriculum, where everyone just follows the bouncing ball of the script.

With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job.

I would like to teach music. It's weird the way they teach music in schools like Julliard these days.

Learning should be engaging. Testing should not be the be all and end all. All students should have a broad curriculum that includes the arts and enrichment. Students should have opportunities to work in teams and engage in project-based learning. And student and family well-being should be front and center.

Schools still operate as if all knowledge is contained in books, and as if the salient points in books must be stored in each human brain - to be used when needed. The political and financial powers controlling schools decide what these salient points are.