Student engagement is the product of motivation and active learning. It is a product rather than a sum because it will not occur if either element is missing.

I've always been a student of this life, not a teacher. More of a sponge than a fountain.

All subjects are the same. I memorize notes for a test, spew it, ace it, then forget it. What makes this scary for the future of our country is that I'm in the tip-top percentile on every standardized test. I'm a model student with a very crappy attitude about learning.

Active students are the best teachers.

Civic engagement is very important. We all live here together and we need to look out for one another.

America can no longer take active and engaged literacy for granted.