It’s not the job of the teacher to save a child’s soul; it is the teacher’s job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul..

Teach like your hair's on fire!.

There's a difference between logic and what maybe people see when they're presented evidence and justice and that they're not always together..

Baseball is a religion in my classroom. It's a very important part of life, baseball..

I have students who are PhDs in music who come back and scored the music and teach the kids the instruments that I don't know how to play. Those are ….

I don't think we expect enough of students. They just need someone to show them the way..

Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better re….

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 ….

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 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….

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

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

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 ….

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….

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 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….

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.….

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….

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….

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….

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….