Top 5 Teacher Quotes
Wisdom from Teachers (Heard by ED)
5. "Teaching *is* a profession, and an important one – indeed, the *most* important one, since it feeds all of the others." (Nalin, on the blog)
4. Why transforming teaching is difficult: "We need to make our practice public, and that is scary." (Omaha, Neb.)
3. On the continually increasing number of tasks that classroom teachers are being asked to accomplish: "I want the departments of education to be more cautious about (the) use of a teacher's time. We need time to think meaningfully and to collaborate." (Spring Lake, Minn.)
2. Why it is important that students not be short-changed on their social studies courses despite history, civics, economics and geography not being part of their state accountability plan: "Students have to know their rights and their responsibilities. They have to understand economics. When the kids in Koreatown (in Los Angeles) don't graduate, their only option is crime. Our country needs to get this: we can invest in education or we can spend more on prisons." (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1. What drives a teacher to close the gaps: “There is no censorship so perfect, so complete as that imposed on the nonreader." (Jonathan Kozol, as quoted by Jim Knight, an instructional coach in Lawrence, Kan.)
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