"…practitioners of [VTS] are able to help students become remarkably competent visual and critical thinkers…I have watched children develop remarkably sophisticated vocabulary skills, and I have seen them apply these skills…in their writing and in their ability to understand and analyze the world around them."

"VTS is not guesswork. It trains people to make an evidence-based, reasoned argument based on careful looking. The ultimate goal of VTS is for people to receive meaning – something of use in their own lives – by looking at art."

"The teachers are amazed by some of the kids who up to that point never said much or goofed off. The kids often become incredibly engaged and the teachers often say they wish the parents could hear the rich discussion."

"After twenty some years as a museum educator, I was tired of feeling ineffectual. I oversaw countless programs of all sorts in several museums, and from most, I came away feeling that we were doing too little and too late. Our best efforts were still ineffectual in helping people develop the literacy that opens up more of what we show. We engaged people but did not enable them. With VTS, I finally feel I move people toward self sufficient viewing, even given a one shot visit."