I found this gem of a quote by J.W. Gardner recently.
Much
education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are
giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow
their own plants.
According to Wikipedia - John William Gardner, (October 8, 1912–February 16, 2002) was
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under
President Lyndon Johnson.
Many of his quotes and writings I've discovered are very much in accordance with Dewey and the fundamental beliefs of place-based education. I wonder what he would think of No Child Left Behind? His passing came as it was just really starting to take root and begin to transform the nations schools into what they have become today.
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