If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.

Quote by William Glasser

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I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really...

Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really...

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the...

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the...

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help...

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than...

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than...

Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help...

Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help...

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she...

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she...

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working...

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working...

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to...

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to...

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of...

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of...

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be...

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be...

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk...

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk...

There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning...

There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning...

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to...

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to...

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much...

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much...