Quotes About Teachers

Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.

Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill.

There are three (3) principles on which human life flourishes, and they are contradicted by the culture of education under which most teachers have to labor and most students have to endure.

In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school

There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools.

Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.

There's an assumption that schools are for students' learning. Well, why aren't they just as much for teachers' learning?

When you welcome your emotions as teachers, every emotion brings good news, even the ones that are painful.

I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers.

I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately.

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership.

Schools should look behind classroom doors and determine the factors that contribute to the kinds of interactions between teachers and students that promote student achievement.

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!

Like all good teachers, the world repeats her lesson. Over and over ...with wordless variety... She spells the name of Love.

The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.

I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some teachers who could use a little more help in that area.

Ive been wearing lipstick since I was in 7th grade. That was our form of daring self-expression, because we had to wear uniforms in school. It made our teachers so angry.

Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.

The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.

A nation will prosper to the degree that it honors it's teachers.

We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers.

Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.