Our response to an event is more important than the event itself.
Other countries haves passed us by. They're outworking us. They're outcompeting us. We have got to wake up and we have got to start moving.
Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.
I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom is the place to start. Great teaching is about so much more than education; it is a daily fight for social justice.
It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who - all of a sudden - their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were, and that's pretty scary.
If children are hungry, they need to be fed. It's hard to learn if your stomach is growling. We need to take that on. If students can't see the blackboard, need eyeglasses, we need to do that. If students need a social worker or counselor to work through the challenges they're facing at home in the community, we need to do that.
Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher.
To me, style is consistency.
It was never shameful to learn from any teacher things that are useful to know.
We're quietly aching for something to celebrate
Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person.