Teacher Quote by Kelly Gallagher

“Habits of an empowerED teacher: “read, notice, think, make theories about how writing works, imagine possibilities, write yourself; it isn’t magic, it’s just slow,…

— Penny Kittle

“My model, such as it is, is a mentorship model, which is to say that I care personally, and I involve myself personally/emotionally with…

— Rick Moody

“Teachers need to sit with their journal and write in the voice of that teenager. Write and remember. That’s who we teach!”

— Penny Kittle

“It’s almost impossible to teach that sort of writing except by pointing students to a stack of clips and telling them, 'Inhale these.”

— Marilyn Johnson

“A student should not be taught more than he can think about.”

— Alfred North Whitehead

“No one can teach you how to write. A writer writes, plain and simple. You improve by doing.”

— Scott Ciencin

When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you. You can't…

— Tony Kushner

“Some people think about writing, I write.”

— Starr Gardinier Reina

To write is to think, and to write well is to think well,

— David McCullough

A teacher should have a creative mind.

— Anonymous

“writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. that thing you had to force yourself to do--the actual act…

— Anne Lamott

Writing is the litmus paper of thoughtthe very center of schooling.

— Ted Sizer