If we hope to give our children a chance, it's time we start giving our teachers a chance. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Teachers today are breaking down obstacles, finding innovative ways to instill old lessons, proving that greatness can be found in everyday places. — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
“To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself--that is the first duty of the educator.” — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
When thou hast profited so much that thou respectest even thyself, thou mayst let go thy tutor. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Some boys go to college and eventually succeed in getting out. Others go to college and never succeed in getting out. The… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I always appreciated my teachers. When I was 16, I gave them the greatest gift I could think of. I dropped out… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers. — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“We mathematicians understand that without the education of children, the economy cannot grow, and the world would starve from ignorance.” — V.M.Robinson Copy Share Image
I know from my experiences in life that educators had an enormous impact and influence on me. And fortunately or unfortunately, I… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
I'm the oldest of four children, and when I was young, I used to get the blackboard out and make my brothers… — Lucy Davis Copy Share Image
“Union leaders essentially want the public to believe that all teachers are equal and deserve to be paid and treated that way—but… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
One may have a right to be unconventional and even eccentric, so long as one is fully competent and a decent person;… — Robert Audi Copy Share Image
Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students' self-esteem. But it's certainly not to inflate students' sense… — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
“And this is the sense of the word "grammar" which our inaccurate student detests, and this is the sense of the word… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The most effective learning takes place in the classroom, where you can easily raise your hand, engage in spontaneous discussions with classmates… — Ian Lamont Copy Share Image
Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“Educators say that every child can learn, but they understand that children learn at different rates and that some inevitably learn more… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want… — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
There is a well known saying among designers in the educational games business: 'If you want to take all of the fun… — Kurt Squire Copy Share Image
The teacher asks, why do I hear people talking? The student replies, because you... have .. ears? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lets face it, we all had our teachers ass in our face when they were helping another student — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“Many women have become teachers who never should have, because it’s more appealing than working in the mills or in the fields.… — Virginia Gaffney Copy Share Image
I did a four-year degree in five years. I have awesome support from my team and my professors. Everyone's super on board… — Brendan Bottcher Copy Share Image
Teachers are the most important individuals in our society - nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
There are far too many ineffective teachers and, in particular, far too many truly terrible teachers who are harming children and poisoning… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
I haven't always known I wanted to act. I wanted to be a farmer, an English professor, or an archaeologist. — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
School uses a lot of paper, paper comes from trees, trees give us oxygen, we need oxygen to live. Oh, cool. Teachers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some teachers are extremely inaccessible. They feel their teachings are for very few so they make it intentionally hard to get to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Preventing the new generation from changing in any deep way is what most societies require of their educators. — George Leonard Copy Share Image
I'm from a family of educators. I grew up with books in my house and in my hands and my parents in… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
“A self-leader cries for no followers by himself. He does his thing and people get to know him, chase him and learn… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I think a lot of teachers feel like they're teaching to a test. Our response is you teach to a student, you… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English. — Eric Allin Cornell Copy Share Image
I miss my former teachers, John Hersey and James Alan McPherson. I would love to see either or both and ask what… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
You know, as a former educator, a building principal, I recognize the challenges that our educators are facing across the country, and… — Miguel Cardona Copy Share Image
Students: did you hated when your Professors gave exams, and some of the books on the class reading list they actually wrote. — JOHN REYES Copy Share Image
If a celebrity is trying to look size zero for her next flick, you have to understand that it is for a… — Mazher (@mazher50 Copy Share Image
“Sometimes our jobs as teachers is not to open their minds. Sometimes we have to thaw them.” — Mike Murphy Copy Share Image
“There are two types of teachers in the world: there are those who play school and teachers that teach school” — Matthew Dicks Copy Share Image
