Award Quote by Max Boot

It can be said unequivocally that good teaching is far more complex, difficult, and demanding than mediocre research, which may explain why professors try…

— Page Smith

I think good teachers are underpaid.

— Peter Brimelow

Surveys show that many talented and committed young people are reluctant to enter teaching for the long haul because they think the profession is…

— Arne Duncan

Good teachers are an endangered species because they're giving up because of the tests and everything.

— Rafe Esquith

“Every month they give an award to the teacher who took a risk and failed most dramatically, and that award is as highly regarded…

— Grant Lichtman

“Notwithstanding the intense pressure on faculty members to publish, nationwide surveys indicate that they value teaching as highly as scholarly research.6 For every research…

— Clayton M. Christensen

To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.

— Michael Bennet

I think that teachers have the hardest job in the world, and they are the most unsung heroes so much of the time.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

— Anonymous

“I feel more passionate about the teaching side of my job than I have ever been, because it’s so important to convince the younger…

— Andrea Ghez

“The futility of attempting to upgrade the teaching profession by paying higher salaries is obvious, so long as legal barriers keep out all those…

— Thomas Sowell

Teaching, the most noble profession, should be rewarded based on merit alone, not seniority.

— Mark Kostabi