To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.

Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.

You shouldn't try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and it annoys the pig.

Nancy doesn't let anyone just sit back and get by in her classes. And she's very enthusiastic about teaching. She passes that on ? the kids can't help but be energized.

Gary had many plans for the future both with his teaching, especially with his music. It seems very sad to have those plans interrupted.

Teaching reading is rocket science, ... You need somebody in each of these schools who knows how to do it, and that reading specialist has to be looked at as sacred ground, not as someone who can be pulled out every time you need a classroom covered.