It is my expectation that Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice will become a rich resource for continuing this multi-layered conversati…

- John Goodlad

Most youth still hold the same values of their parents…if we do not alter this pattern, if we don’t resocialize, our system will decay.

- John Goodlad

Enlightened social engineering is required to face situations that demand global action now. Education is a long-term solution. Parents and the gener…

- John Goodlad

The curriculum of the future will be what one might call the humanistic curriculum.

- John Goodlad

Public education has served as a check on the power of parents, and this is another powerful reason for maintaining it.

- John Goodlad

Parents do not own their children. They have no ‘natural right’ to control their education fully.

- John Goodlad

Education is a task for both parents and state. The state, parents, and children all have interests that must be protected.

- John Goodlad

Educators must resist the quest for certainty. If there were certainty there would be no scientific advancement. So it is with morals and patriotism.

- John Goodlad

The most controversial issues of the twenty-first century will pertain to the ends and means of modifying human behavior and who shall determine them…

- John Goodlad