Authority Quote by Alfie Kohn

“Educational bureaucracies dull a child’s questing sensitivity.” Odrade explaining. “The young must be damped down. Never let them know how good they can be.…

— Frank Herbert

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children;…

— Shirley Hufstedler

It is my expectation that Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice will become a rich resource for continuing this multi-layered conversation-from democratic belief…

— John Goodlad

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for…

— William Glasser

Teachers who have committed their lives to the classroom deserve better than our politics has given them.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Change the way we teach; Empower teachers

— John Doerr

If you don't have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won't change the trajectory for students.

— Melinda Gates

Wise teachers create an environment that encourages students to teach themselves

— Leonard Roy Frank

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

— Adora Svitak

“Today so many creative and devoted teachers not only have to struggle against unimaginative administrations, fearful parents, and wearied colleagues, they have also to…

— Esmé Raji Codell

“7. Education is the only positive reward you need. If you don’t believe this you devalue your profession. I have seen all sorts of…

— Craig Seganti

“To benefit from what the best teachers do, however, we must embrace a different model, one in which teaching occurs only when learning takes…

— Ken Bain