Robert J. Marzano quotes

“We educators stand at a special point in time”
-- Robert J. Marzano

Source : Robert J. Marzano, Debra Pickering, Jane E. Pollock (2001). “Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement”, p.1, ASCD

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“A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.”

“Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.”

Source : Abraham Flexner (1994). “Universities: American, English, German”, p.302, Transaction Publishers

“Upon the subject of education ... I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.”

“It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.”

“But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.”

“Waiting is a large part of living. Great, passive, negative chunks of our time are consumed by waiting, from birth to death. Waiting is a special kind of activity - if activity is the right word for it - because we are held in enforced suspension between people and places, removed from the normal rhythms of our days and lives.”

Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (1986). “ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?”, Random House

“My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.”

Source : "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

“I learned that unemployment can be the great educator.”

“What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.”

Source : Speech to high school coaches, Hershey, Pennsylvania, www.today.com. February 5, 1993.

“The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.”