10 Quotes by Thomas Armstrong

It's probably true that schools are the most conservative of all cultural institutions, relentlessly seeking to pass on the rules of a damaged society to the next generation.

Fresh eggs, grits in the morning, red beans for lunch, smoked sausage we're getting.

When they see the Spirit of Connecticut coming, they'll know they're going to get good food coming.

The conscientious decisions we make to serve the community don't always serve the 50 percent law,

I'm going to feed 'em with the food I get in Connecticut.

I need 2,000 pounds of rice, 1,000 pounds of beans, I need cooking oil, I need money for fuel -- I need everything.

The college's first priority is not meeting the 50 percent law. It's meeting community needs.

I believe that all genial classrooms share at least five characteristics that guide their instruction regardless of content or grade level. These characteristics are (1) freedom to choose, (2) open-ended exploration, (3) freedom from judgment, (4) honoring every student's experience, and (5) belief in every student's genius.

From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task of all educators. It is the genius of the student that is the driving force behind all learning. Before educators take on any of the other important issues in learning, they must first have a thorough understanding of what lies at the core of each student's intrinsic motivation to learn, and that motivation originates in each student's genius.