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

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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 we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and...

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and...

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it...

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it...

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with...

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with...

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

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...

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

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...

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

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...

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...

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

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...

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be...

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be...

If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right...

If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right...

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...

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....