Approach Quote by Joseph Stiglitz

From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left…

— George Lucas

I realized that every lesson, conference, response, and assignment I taught must lead students away from me and toward their autonomy as literate people.

— Donalyn Miller

A primary reason for my success in the classroom was that I couldn't forget that schooling was changing me and separating me from the…

— Richard Rodriguez

Teaching in Providence and Oakland, I realized that the first thing is that it wasn't good enough to come in and assume that I…

— Pedro Noguera

Being a teacher was very important to me.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

Across Massachusetts, there are many talented and inspiring educators doing for their students what their predecessors did for me.

— Charlie Baker

I know from my experiences in life that educators had an enormous impact and influence on me. And fortunately or unfortunately, I had a…

— Gary Cohn

What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire?

— Bharati Mukherjee

I was accorded the opportunity to learn by failing - albeit at the cost of a few honourable teachers' sanity - and now I…

— Arabella Weir

I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my first year…

— John Wooden

I knew I had to find my own way of teaching.

— Frank McCourt

Our teachers made such a difference - all my teachers and professors were very supportive and nurturing.

— Katherine Johnson