Students don't know who Mark Twain was because he wasn't on the test. (Quote by - Kinky Friedman)

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with fact it is to teach them to think. (Quote by - Robert M. Hutchins)

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about. (Quote by - William Glasser)

Rocking on a lazy billow With roaming eyes, Cushioned on a dreamy pillow, Thou art now wise. Wake the power within thee slumbering, Trim the plot that's in thy keeping, Thou wilt bless the task when reaping Sweet labour's prize. (Quote by - John Stuart Blackie)

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy. (Quote by - William Glasser)

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time. (Quote by - Robertson Davies)

My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'. (Quote by - Jim Carrey)

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age (Quote by - Robert Martin)

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student (Quote by - Marva Collins)

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing. (Quote by - Josef Albers)

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know (Quote by - Woodrow T. Wilson)

Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes. (Quote by - Frank Lloyd Wright)

Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve (Quote by - Roger Lewin)

The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar. (Quote by - Confucius)

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve. (Quote by - William Glasser)

From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one, Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading; Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Wise teachers create an environment that encourages students to teach themselves (Quote by - Leonard Roy Frank)

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself. (Quote by - Deng Xiaoping)

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth. (Quote by - William Glasser)

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure (Quote by - Sidney Hook)

Where should the scholar live? In solitude, or in society? in the green stillness of the country, where he can hear the heart of Nature beat, or in the dark, gray town where he can hear and feel the throbbing heart of man? (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)