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I know that instructional time is a zero-sum game, but if we want kids to do well academically, it's hard to imagine that happening…

— Angela Duckworth

I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown them how…

— Frederick Lenz

One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

— Randy Pausch

Educators who have said, "We don't like that, so we'll continue to teach as if it's not happening," are just aggravating the gap between…

— Seymour Papert

I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

Research shows that when children have no body confidence at school they're less likely to put their hand up in class and ask a…

— Jo Swinson

Teaching is a very effective way to get children to learn something specific - this tube squeaks, say, or a squish then a press…

— Alison Gopnik

Learning is not a product of teaching . kids are born learning. They learn how to walk, how to talk. They're basically little scientists.…

— Grace Llewellyn

I always make the point that teachers are people too, and that they don't just want to be in front of kids all day…

— Dana Goldstein

“But at the same time, there is pressure to use technology in classroom in ways that make conversation nearly impossible. Interestingly, this technology is…

— Sherry Turkle

Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what's wrong with the school system.

— Melinda Gates

“Don't seat quiet kids in high interaction areas of the classroom, says communications professor James McCroskey. They won't talk more in those areas; they'll…

— Susan Cain