Administrators need to shift from being controllers to enablers, so as to liberate the energies and talents of the teachers.
I am persuaded that 'child abuse' is no exaggeration when used to describe what teachers and priests are doing to children whom they encourage to believe in something like. . . eternal hell.
The purpose of teachers should be to add to the sum of human knowers rather than the sum of human knowledge.
You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.
Our actions are guaranteed to affect others. Because we are not alone in this world, much of our learning about ourselves comes from our interaction with others. Our relationships are our teachers. We learn from each other.
Our teachers are responsible for our children's welfare for the six or eight hours they are at school and we need to know without question that their safety will be paramount on the minds of teachers, faculty and volunteers.
Regard mistakes as teachers, not judges!
My best teachers were not the ones who knew all the answers, but those who were deeply excited by questions they couldn't answer.
One of the most valuable things one of my art teachers said to me was, ‘Don’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at least someone noticed what you did.
Be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers.
Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.
We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.
What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.
Although Christ in my mind is an absolute yogi, I think many Christian teachers today are misrepresenting Christ. They're supposed to be representing Jesus, but they're not doing it very well. They're letting him down very badly, and that's a big turn off.
It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill.
the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests. ' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are 'special interests' to be proud of - because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the 'special interests' that dominate the Republican Party - the oil companies, the banks, the gun lobby, and the apostles of religious intolerance?
When I was in middle school, I always did well in school, but teachers either loved me or absolutely hated me.
Nothing will have more impact on the future of the world than for each of us to find out why we were born and to do it. Human beings tend to do this when parents, teachers and other mentors invite us to it.
The teachers in America need to be applauded every day because they save the lives of kids!