Most of us have participated in the trust exercise in which one person falls back and is caught by a peer. Even if the catch is made a hundred times in a row, the trust is broken forever if the… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better reader, mathematician, or baseball player. Our goal is to help each student become as special as she… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
I have students who are PhDs in music who come back and scored the music and teach the kids the instruments that I don't… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
I don't think we expect enough of students. They just need someone to show them the way. — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' I realized then where the problem lay. My students, and so many of our young people today,… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
“Those who celebrate failure will not be around to help today's students celebrate their jobs flipping burgers.” — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
I always tell the kids that excellence is like pregnancy. You can't be a little bit pregnant. You either are or you're not. — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
Good teachers are an endangered species because they're giving up because of the tests and everything. — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
I'd like to give every young teacher some good news. Teaching is a very easy job. Administrators will tell you what to do. You'll… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
You hear terrible stories because there'll be a story about some terrible kid, but most of the kids I work with are terrific kids.… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
“Everything has become too easy for our young people, and we make things worse by lying to them. We don't help them face reality.… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
I am asking teachers to understand that we must make the education relevant for the children. If they're only working for the tests or… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
“I didn't realize that many people, who may be good people, feel that working in schools is just a job and not a holy… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
