Every time a bank swoops down to snatch up a home, it should be met with a crowd of jeering, obstructive neighbors.… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
It's always gratifying to hear from a passionate reader, and as a longtime educator, I'm especially pleased and heartened when that reader… — Julia Alvarez Copy Share Image
The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement. — James S. Coleman Copy Share Image
Somebody said recently that the best thing a student could do was to get in some shows and publish a book; but… — Henry Holmes Smith Copy Share Image
When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced.… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The use of online assessment tools is giving teachers a more fine-grained understanding of individual students' skills, and assisting them to determine… — Susan Mann Copy Share Image
The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
Do not do that again," he said stiffly. "Don't kiss me back then," I retorted. He stared at me for what seemed… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Teachers have to respect the privacy of students' creative life, but at the same time give them a chance to express themselves. — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
Politics was good a hundred years ago. Today, politicians have no ability to solve any problems because they are not students of… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Women are different from men in major, major ways. I have found more courage in women than you could ever find in… — Maya Tiwari Copy Share Image
Education occurs when students set out to educate themselves… the student will only learn, can only learn, what he chooses to learn…(An)… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The… — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
I went to University of Illinois. Big school. 35,000 students. 800 black... I was the only black in every class. Hard to be absent. — Godfrey Copy Share Image
The student's job is to stay open-minded, to quell the knee-jerk defensiveness we all possess in the face of suggestions for improvement,… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
When we talk about something like student loans, what we should be talking about is the fact that every American wants their… — Jason Kander Copy Share Image
The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is… — David McCord Copy Share Image
I recently spoke at a university where a student told me it was such a shame that Nigerian men were physical abusers… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
In the field of education, educators know that they leave a lasting impact on their students for better or for worse. Trust… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such… — Gordon Wu Copy Share Image
At the start of the eighties, Tony and I [Tony Wakefield was one of the original members of DIJ] were involved in… — Douglas Pearce Copy Share Image
