“The factory model of education is the wrong model for the 21st century. Today, our schools must prepare all students for college and careers-and do far more to personalize instruction and employ the smart use of technology.” UseTodaySchoolCareersTechnologyCenturyStudentsCollegeModelsSmartInstructionFactories21st CenturyUse Of Technology Author:Arne Duncan
“Plus models have personal trainers and go to college.We're not obese, or lazy, or stupid.” StupidCollegeModelsLazyPlusTrainersObese Author:Whitney Thompson
“I always knew I wanted to play golf and go to college. I try hard to be a positive role model, especially on the golf course. I try to carry myself well, and don't do anything outrageous. I try to play the game like a gentleman and give everyone respect. That's how the game should be played.” GivingShouldTryingWellsHardPlayWantedCoursesGamesRolesCollegeModelsGolfGentlemanRole ModelsOutrageousGolf CoursePositive Role Model Author:Dustin Johnson
“Jean Valentine and Jane Cooper were my professors at Sarah Lawrence College - and they were uncompromised in their art. They gave me models of how to live one's life as a poet.” ArtCollegePoetModelsProfessorsValentineJane Author:Denise Duhamel
“Tony Gonzalez is one of the best ever and changed the way tight ends have transitioned themselves from college to the NFL. He can do a little bit of everything. He's a guy who you want to model yourself after.” WayWantLittlesEndsGuyBitsCan DoChangedCollegeLittle BitModelsNflBest Ever Author:Virgil Green
“When I was young, I went to college, had a teacher who was, had been a student of Trilling's at Columbia, this was in California. And he, I started reading him around that time, and then I went to Columbia as well, Trilling was still teaching there, I took a course with him. He was not a great teacher, but he was, when I was younger, he was a good model for the kind of criticism I wanted to do, because he thought very dialectically.” WellsKindStillsWantedYoungCoursesReadingTeacherTeachingStudentsCollegeModelsCriticismCaliforniaGreat TeacherColumbia Author:Louis Menand
“The clothing, the makeup, the freedom of expression in [the models'] bodies. It was Linda and Christy and Naomi at the time. So I modeled before college.” BodyCollegeExpressionModelsMakeupClothingsFreedom Of Expression Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, "If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it." When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can't understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?” PeopleIfsWantFirstsSaidI CanKidsSchoolFacesPayClassRolesSeaTearsCollegeModelsEastGenerousGradesWealthyRepublicRole ModelsBusinessmanElementary SchoolHarlemCitizenryFluffySixth Grade Author:Bette Midler