- “Unless we’re willing to make the [school] environment as conducive to learning as possible–all the studies and tests and educational theories might as well be thought exercises. Because sometimes it just comes down to the bricks and mortar.” ~ Patrick Welsh, Williams High School, Alexandria, Virginia
- “So let’s face the painful truth: 95% of our kids are not gifted. They may be funny and good at soccer and quite possibly more knowledgeable than we were at their age, but that doesn’t make them gifted.” ~ Kathleen Deveny, Newsweek
- “Unfortunately, evidence is steadily mounting that The Way We Parent Now–roughly defined as giving your child as much opportunity and attention as possible, while requiring little from him or her in return–is turning out to be something of a disaster, at least in terms of producing, you know, well-adjusted, contributing human beings.” ~ Tom McGrath, Philadelphia Magazine
- “If you want to win the war on poverty, then remember this: It’s the education, stupid.” ~ Oliver “Buzz” Thomas, minister, attorney, & author
- “When you focus only on basic academic skills, you create incentives to redirect all the attention and resources away from broader goals to narrow academic skills.” ~ Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute
