Quotes by Teachers I was fortunate to have many teachers who encouraged me - one of the first was Dianne Derrick, my 5th grade teacher at Woodbury Elementary. She challenged us to write creatively and praised my work, but most importantly, she treated writing like it was important. Celeste Ng teachers me work teacher Teachers are heroes. Charles Best teachers heroes Hardworking, passionate teachers know their students' needs better than anyone else in the school environment. If we can tap into their needs, we can unleash smarter solutions and empower those people on the front lines. Charles Best teachers better people school We've long believed teachers know best what their students need to succeed, and that includes the creation of healthy, supportive school communities. Charles Best teachers best long school At DonorsChoose.org, we believe that teachers are unsung heroes. Charles Best unsung teachers heroes believe Our only political stance is this: listen to these teachers. Charles Best listen teachers only political When it comes to our public services, decentralisation means giving power back to those on the front line - our doctors, nurses, teachers and physiotherapists, and our locally elected officials. Charles Kennedy teachers back power giving Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles William Eliot teachers books friends patient All across the country, the Women's March inspired doctors and teachers and mothers to become activists and organizers and, yes, candidates for office. Cecile Richards teachers women office country I had a hole in my voice. I still do. We call it a hole, but it's an area in the voice where it's air. And my classical teachers were just so frustrated with me because I would have these deep, low notes that were really strong, and the higher register was strong, but right in the middle area, it was really hard. Cecile McLorin Salvant teachers deep me voice I didn't learn much about writing at Sarah Lawrence, but I learned a lot about the sources of poems - dreams, myth, history - from the really great teachers, Joseph Campbell, Charles Trinkhaus, Bert Loewenberg, and a young Australian anthropologist named Harry Hawthorne. Carolyn Kizer teachers dreams great history If a student has access to a great school, Khan Academy can supercharge it. It should help a well-resourced school, and if you don't have that, then Khan Academy can have even a bigger impact. But I don't see it as replacing the actual schools... we want to empower teachers and fill in the gaps. Sal Khan teachers great you school I'd love to see more middle and high school teachers who are not teaching English develop classroom libraries. Our message to kids should be that reading is for everyone. Rae Carson teachers reading love school With a lot of help from my high school teachers, I went to college and became a medical tech at a clinic outside Kansas City. Karolyn Grimes teachers city medical school Whatever may be the merits of a religious system, its effects upon the mass of mankind must depend in an important degree upon its teachers. All instruction and all truth, except simple mathematical truth, is modified by the medium through which it is conveyed. Benjamin Robbins Curtis teachers truth-is simple truth Teaching is hard. It takes a lot of skill. Not everyone who tries can do it well. We need to admit that and act accordingly. We should reward and respect great teachers by paying them more, and we should stop rewarding seniority over effectiveness. Betsy DeVos teachers skill great respect You have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching. Betsy DeVos teachers who great you After every massacre in a school, Americans grasp at quick cures. 'Let's install metal detectors and give guns to teachers' Let's crack down on troublemakers, weeding out kids who fit the profile of a gunman. Let's buy bulletproof whiteboards for the students to scurry behind, or train kids to throw erasers or cans of soup at an attacker.' Bill Dedman teachers behind down school Latino patriots have served and fought in every war. They are artists, dancers, singers, poets and journalists, teachers and scientists. More and more Latinos are becoming entrepreneurs and businesspeople, contributing to the wealth and economic well-being of the nation. Bob Menendez teachers nation wealth war We must continue to invest at the local level to help cities, towns, and villages retain teachers, police, firefighters, and other community-enhancing service providers. Brad Schneider teachers help service police «345678910111213»