One of the big misapprehensions about mathematics that we perpetrate in our classrooms is that the teacher always seems to know the answer to any problem that is discussed.
I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.
I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight.
Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants?
Theres no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and thats allocated according to political muscle.
I think we spend too much on K-12 education a. k. a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases.
Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.
The artist, who must venture into the studio and risk there, and then venture into the marketplace and risk again, is obliged to learn how her defences work, so that she can drop and raise her guard instantly.
Since when do corporations not have responsibility to the community? Since when to the not have responsibility to their employees?
As we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the standard by which to measure our progress toward civility and peace.
Within the spiritual journey you understand that suffering becomes something that has been given to you to show you where your mind is still stuck. It’s a vehicle to help you go to work. That’s why it’s called grace.