I am in a job where you always look in front of you. Unfortunately, the older you get, the less distance there is in front of you.
Before we can go on making workers, we must first make people.
If you believe it's life or death for the kids, it changes everything you do.
You cannot teach somebody how to relate to the kids, they have to come with it.
If you can create community in a classroom the kids will not drop out
The pursuit of learning is not a piece of content that can be taught. It is a value that teachers model. Only teachers who are avid, internally motivated learners can truly teach their students the joy of learning.
Every ignoramus imagines that all that exists, exists with a view to his individual sake; it is as if there were nothing that exists except him. And if something happens to him that is contrary to what he wishes, he makes the trenchant judgement that all that exists is an evil.
If we lose our memory, we lose ourselves. Forgetting is one of the symptoms of death. Without memory we cease to be human beings.
The main fuel to speed the world's progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.
We can't live true to our set of values unless American educational system is strong. I really believe that if we don't get that right we will not compete because we won't believe that our people can compete, and we'll turn inward. We won't lead. That will be bad for the world.