My parents grew up in poor families where little English was spoken, they both went to college and became teachers. They believed that anything was p….

Teaching seems to me beyond doubt the greatest of the professions..

There is a tendency to throw computers at third world problems, which I think is often a distraction. Putting computers in the schools is great, but ….

When someone, let's say a teacher, speaks of the world and you are not in it, it's like looking into the mirror and seeing nothing..

The close observer soon discovers that the teacher's task is not to implant facts but to place the subject to be learned in front of the learner and,….

In any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization, and those who wor….

My sister is an ER doctor and my brother is a teacher..

While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were ….

The greater the teacher, the greater the pupil may become..

Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. ….

The atmosphere [in the school lunchroom] is not quite that of a prison, because the students are permitted to talk quietly, under the frowning scruti….

Sometimes I think I disguise myself as a teacher in order to make the pictures I need to see..

The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the world are neither in its….

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear..

I have my teachers who tell me what to do. I'm not quite old enough yet to be truly independent..

Because of social media, we have access to amazing spiritual teachers. You can watch the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Eckhart Tolle or any number of oth….

Half of all kids in public education are below the poverty line. Two-thirds of the achievement gap comes from factors outside of school. Teachers inf….

If we use these common standards as the foundation for better schools, we can give all kids a robust curriculum taught by well prepared, well support….

When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would w….

Both of my parents are music teachers. My mother owns the school that I taught in. My brothers and sisters are musicans. My mom pushed me all the tim….

If you just do something, then you're a five-year wonder and, goodbye, you're gone. But if people feel it's worthwhile, not only do they copy but the….