One Hundred Sixty-Five

Education can train, but not create, intelligence.
– Edward McChesney Sait

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.
– Eugene S. Wilson

One Hundred Sixty-Four

He is educated who knows where to find out what he doesn’t know.
– George Simmel

One Hundred Sixty-Three

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
– Confucius

Much learning does not teach understanding.
– Heraclitus

One Hundred Sixty-Two

Students do not need to be labeled or measured by more than they are. They don't need more federal funds, grants, and gimmicks. What they need from us is common sense, dedication, and bright, energetic teachers who believe that all children are achievers and who take personally the failure of any one child.
– Marva Collins

If anything concerns me, it's the oversimplification of something as complex as assessment. My fear is that learning is becoming standardized. Learning is idiosyncratic. Learning and teaching is messy stuff. It doesn't fit into bubbles.
– Michele Forman (2001 Teacher of the Year)

One Hundred Sixty-One

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?
– Marcus T. Cicero

The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth.
– Desiderius Erasmus