Classroom Quote by Arne Duncan

We have seen that, in another unfunded mandate, the so-called No Child Left Behind Act, which created tougher standards, and we all support that,…

— Bob Filner

“We had the schools we wanted, in a way. Parents did not tend to show up at schools demanding that their kids be assigned…

— Amanda Ripley

“No Child Left Behind has diminished [teachers'] sense of control of their own classroom, narrowed the focus of their jobs, and stifled pedagogical innovation.”

— James M. Lang

“Unfortunately, too many of our schools depend on inexperienced teachers with little training in the subjects they're teaching, and too often those teachers are…

— Barack Obama

As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create…

— Dan Simmons

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

— Joshua Reynolds

“Every one of us in Teach for America was working so hard and creating results in our classrooms, but if our kids didn’t go…

— Paul Tough

There are a lot of children in our country that, because of their neighborhood or socio-economic status, do not have the opportunity to attend…

— Jared Polis

No teacher has ever been better prepared to teach a lesson.

— Christa McAuliffe

There are certain teachers who shouldn't be teachers.

— Tenzin Palmo

I did not come to collect students, but to train teachers.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Suddenly it was obvious to Connor why they don't teach it. Once education was restructured and corporatized, they didn't want kids knowing how close…

— Neal Shusterman