If you raise a child, there's no time, you can't be a great parent. Geoffrey Canada More Quotes by Geoffrey Canada More Quotes From Geoffrey Canada When you see a great teacher, you are seeing a work of art. Geoffrey Canada educationteacherart You have to be prepared to think outside the box...Stand back and think about what we could do creativity. We've got to do that to push the field forward. Geoffrey Canada creativityfieldsthinking I want to be a children’s hero… Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future. Geoffrey Canada herogivingchildren One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was like what do you mean he's not real. And she thought I was crying because it’s like Santa Claus is not real and I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us. Geoffrey Canada momrealmother When the safety of America is threatened, we will spend any amount of money. The real safety of our nation is preparing this next generation so that they can take our place [in] thinking and technology and democracy. Geoffrey Canada technologyrealeducation Over the past five years, I've met several presidents, several secretaries of education ... and there is no plan. If you want to save your children, you're going to have to do it yourself. It's just us. Geoffrey Canada childrenpastyears When kids know that you refuse to let them fail ... they don't give up as easy. So sometimes they don't have it inside, [but] they're like,'You know, I don't want to do this, but I know my mother's going to be mad.'That matters to kids, and it helps get them through. Geoffrey Canada dont-give-upgiving-upmother Build an organization that can tackle the tough things and keep moving. Geoffrey Canada toughorganizationmoving Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure. Geoffrey Canada toleratebillionsdollars It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only your faith in God will get you through. Geoffrey Canada testsrealhave-faith Osama Bin Laden is not going to come here and destroy America. Our education system is doing that just fine. Geoffrey Canada osama-bin-ladenfineamerica Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male. Geoffrey Canada growing-uphomefather Let's stop teaching to the middle and start teaching to the student. Geoffrey Canada middlestudentsteaching Why is it that when we had rotary phones, when we were having folks being crippled by polio, that we were teaching the same way then that we're doing right now? Geoffrey Canada educationalphonesteaching Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science. Geoffrey Canada childrenartschool An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education. Geoffrey Canada givingchildrenschool I graduated from Bowdoin College and went to the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Then I left and took a job teaching really poor inner-city white kids in Boston. It was interesting to me because I'd never been around poor whites before. Geoffrey Canada teachingjobsschool There is an educational cliff we are walking over right this very second. Geoffrey Canada cliffseducationalwalking Middle-class families know education begins at birth. Geoffrey Canada middlebirthclass The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of access and affordability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods, and to the marketing efforts of soda companies themselves. Geoffrey Canada issueseffortcommunity
