The principle goal of education in the
schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things,
not simply repeating what other generations have done.
-Jean Piaget
I must say I do enjoy
leisure for study- all my life it has seemed to me that personally I wanted no
other wealth that leisure & now I have got it!
-Elizabeth Peabody
Young children from very low-income families,
who are not succeeding in school, does not have to do with their intelligence;
they just needed the tools to know how to survive and thrive in the public
school system.
-Louise Derman-Sparks
I have the passion to make sure that
all children are taught in environments and in ways that truly nurtured their
ability to grow and to develop to their fullest ability.
-Louise Derman-Sparks
What a unique opportunity we as
educators have. We as professional educators have the opportunity to shape a child’s
life for the better.
-Sandy Escobido
Louise Derman-Sparks quote about children from very low-income families rings very true for me. After spending some time working with children in and out of the school systems all who came from low income families I was able to see how unprepared many of these children were when entering school. Many had not been taught the basics in the home and there for were unable to learn more advance things that were being taught in the schools. It had nothing to do with their overall level of intelligence.
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