The problem in our society and in our schools is to inclulcate, without overdoing it, the notion of education, as in the Latin educere--to lead, to bring out what is in someone rather than merely to indoctrinate him/her from the outside. (89)

The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves

FOUR OUT OF TEN CHILDREN ARE WITHOUT A SECONDARY LEVEL OF EDUCATION So many children are leaving school so early. What is happening to these children? Many become manual workers who are exploited and taken for granted. They are employed month by month, year by year, with no job security, no leave, and no benefits.

I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?

Every education law should be based around the question, 'Is this good for children?' And it's not.

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable