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Education Quotes by Adora Svitak

8 Education quotes by Adora Svitak

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Adora Svitak’s brief set of eight quotes captures her restless curiosity about how we learn. Though the list is short, each line offers a fresh angle on schooling, from the power of questioning to the role of imagination in classrooms. It’s a handy starter for anyone wanting a glimpse of her youthful perspective on education.

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We need to reward the 'thankless job' of substitute teaching with better pay and chances for permanent positions. I look forward to…

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To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is…

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Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is…

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Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you…

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Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year…

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In many countries, schools are preparing students to participate in a democratic environment; yet schools themselves tend to be extremely autocratic, with…

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Ineffective substitute teaching is a problem that means thousands of hours of lost learning for America's students. It cannot be dismissed with…

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Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.

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I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.

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In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

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As children, we have a tenuous idea of love; we often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.

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