Teachers and librarians can be the most effective advocates for diversifying children's and young adult books. When I speak to publishers, they're go….

My teacher once told me – ”No one is perfect……..that is why pencils have erasers.”.

My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who ….

Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do..

In a culture of technique, we often confuse authority with power, but the two are not the same. Power works from the outside in, but authority works ….

My teacher said once that every man faces seven enemies in his lifetime. Sickness, hunger, betrayal, envy, greed, old age, and then death..

I am always sorry to hear that such and such a person is going to school to be educated. This is a great mistake. If the person is to get the benefit….

In school [I wanted] to be an English teacher..

That's why I've gotten so much experience at my age. You have three teachers next to you every game, and if I'm not playing, I'm watching baseball. Y….

There are no grown-ups. We suspect this when we are younger, but can confirm it only once we are the ones writing books and attending parent-teacher ….

The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to embrace all aspects of life..

If we want to grow as teachers -- we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other about our inner lives -- risky stuff in ….

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for….

It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort..

Students from the same teacher will differ in their skills.

My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were exci….

There is no profession more essential than that of an educator, and it's time for all of us to embrace and celebrate their importance and contributio….

Certainly teachers themselves can do a better job of letting the world know how hard their profession is, but frankly, they have real work to do and ….

For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience..

Usage is the best language teacher..

There can be infinite uses of the computer and of new age technology, but if teachers themselves are not able to bring it into the classroom and make….