“We have had this massive effort on K-12 reform, raising standards, great teachers, great principals, turning around chronically failing schools, raising the bar, huge amount of progress. Let's continue that.” SchoolEffortTeacherProgressFailingGreat Teacher Author:Arne Duncan
“We need to invest in very different ways. Get the students the support they need, get them the best principals, get them the great teachers, and I promise you those students would do extraordinarily well. I have seen it all my life.” DifferentSupportTeacherStudentsPromiseI PromiseGreat Teacher Author:Arne Duncan
“When schools truly become centers of the community, where you have extraordinary teachers, the best teachers, the best principals, great nonprofit partners coming in during the non-school hours to support and do enrichment activities, social services, then those students will beat the odds, will beat poverty, will beat violence in the community, will beat sometimes dysfunctional families, and be productive citizens long term. They will go to college.” LongSometimesSchoolTermCommunityHoursPovertySupportTeacherViolenceStudentsCollegeExtraordinaryLong TermProductiveBest TeacherDysfunctional FamilySocial ServiceEnrichment Author:Arne Duncan
“Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.” ParentGrowthSupportTeacherStudentsObservationClassroomMultiplePeersFeedbackEvaluation Author:Arne Duncan
“Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher.” TeacherExtraordinaryGreat TeacherFingerprints Author:Arne Duncan
“Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.” YearsSchoolTeacherClassroomMentorFeedbackMentoring Author:Arne Duncan
“Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little less blame for America's educational shortcomings.” MindLittlesStillsAmericaChallengesTeacherTeachingBlameEducationalShortcomingsLove TeachingChallenging Work Author:Arne Duncan
“To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000 and potential earnings of as much as $150,000.” ShouldTeacherTeachingStudentsPaidStartingRangeEarningSalaryCaliber Author:Arne Duncan
“When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.” WantChildrenAsksDifferencesTeachTeacherMaking A Difference Author:Arne Duncan
