Most of us have participated in the trust exercise in which one person falls back and is caught by a peer. Even if the catch is made a hundred times ….

To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's been my experie….

With better vision, we sacrifice for students for whom that sacrifice will most likely pay off. I'm sorry to say this, but there are times when even ….

One of the funny things about the racism of the system, when I started 30 years ago, I'm in an area called Koreatown and most of the kids were Asian.….

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

I'd like to give every young teacher some good news. Teaching is a very easy job. Administrators will tell you what to do. You'll be given books and ….

You hear terrible stories because there'll be a story about some terrible kid, but most of the kids I work with are terrific kids. They're poor, mayb….

If a child is going to grow into a truly special adult–someone who thinks, considers other points of view, has an open mind, and possesses the abilit….

I am asking teachers to understand that we must make the education relevant for the children. If they're only working for the tests or they're only w….

I always tell the kids that excellence is like pregnancy. You can't be a little bit pregnant. You either are or you're not..

I travel a lot with my students. We go on the road and even learn about things like doing your laundry and managing your time. And maybe that's not o….

That's the beauty of art--we strive for perfection but never achieve it. The journey is everything..

The reason I love teaching, it's like being a miner. I find all these undiscovered jewels and, with the right motivation, they're amazed at what they….

But to paraphrase Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, ignorance and mediocrity are forever busy, and the forces of mediocrity aren't content with bei….

Most children, even very bright ones, need constant review and practice to truly own a concept in grammar, math or science. In schools today, on pape….

Kids still like to laugh, kids still like the joy of learning. When you have a cool science experiment, I don't care where you're from. When you have….

I want my kids to know that they're just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr. Martin Luther King. My worst fear….

When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come from, come from Mexico,….

I love Shakespeare. In Shakespeare, tragedy is not just something that's bad. It's something that could be good and is bad..

I want my students to love to read. Reading is not a subject. Reading is a foundation of life, an activity that people who are engaged with the world….

I try to show the children how every lesson I teach them is going to be something they use in their real life. That's why my kids work so hard, not b….