Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism

Whoever writes the best grant may win. There's no systematic solution to this.

This is the first piece of potentially good news that I've heard in a very long time coming out of Sacramento.

What gets recognized, gets valued.

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.