The first object of any act of learning, over and beyond th… - Ted Sizer

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The first object of any act of learning, over and beyond the pleasure it may give, is that it should serve us in the future. Learning should not only take us somewhere; it should allow us later to go further more easily.

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Theodore R. Sizer (born 23 June 1932 in New Haven, CT - died 21 October 2009) was an American leader of educational reform and the founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools.

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Alternative Names: Theodore Ryland Sizer • Theodore R. Sizer • Theodore Sizer

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