“It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.” ThinkingIssuesStudentsAchievementFindingsExcitingCancerCuresGapsClosingAchievement Gap Author:Freeman A. Hrabowski III
“It makes little sense to spend a month teaching decimal fractions to fourth-grade pupils when they can be taught in a week, and better understood and retained, by sixth-grade students. Child-centeredness does not mean lack of rigor or standards; it does mean finding the best match between curricula and children's developing interests and abilities.” MeanChildrenLittlesDoeInterestAbilityWeekTeachingStudentsTaughtMonthsFindingsStandardsUnderstoodDevelopingGradesFourthPupilsFractionsRigorSixth GradeCenterednessFourth GradeDecimals Book:TIES THAT STRESS Source: TIES THAT STRESS
“What I like about teaching is the discipline of finding words to unpack the artistic process. And I admire the drive in students who want to write, the mystery of how artistic talent unfolds.” WantWritingProcessMysteryTeachingTalentStudentsDisciplineFindingsAdmireArtisticArtistic ProcessArtistic Talent Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“One of the most consistent findings about low performing schools and students is that "home variables" (parental income and education, etc.) are more predictive than "school variables." But, having said that, we as a society can have much more effect on the school variables than on the home variables, so it's important and valuable to focus on the question of which interventions in schools are most effective and which are least effective.” SaidImportantHomeSchoolFocusEffectsStudentsFindingsLowsValuableIncomePerformingConsistentEtcInterventionVariablesParental Author:Nicholas Lemann
“Students are suffering under incredibly high tuitions and high student loan interest rates. They graduate from school, and they're having a very difficult time finding a job. They don't feel as though there are honest leaders who are listening to them, and who will be a part of the solution.” FeelsSchoolJobsSufferingDifficultInterestLeaderHonestStudentsListeningFindingsSolutionsRateGraduatesLoanDifficult TimesInterest RateTuitionStudent Loan Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“Basically, I'm a perpetual student. I start by finding a subject I really don't know very much, but that I'm curious about. I learn about it through books in a library, by doing interviews with people who know a lot about the subject, and by going out on my own and seeing for myself what's happening.” PeopleKnowsBookMy OwnSeeingSubjectsStudentsFindingsHappeningsLibraryCuriousInterviewsPerpetualGoing Out Author:Eric Schlosser
“Personally, as a student who loves words, who loves texts, I am concerned with finding something in the text from within.” StudentsFindingsConcerned Author:Elie Wiesel
“Emily Dickinson did not like was one of the stated purposes of the college - to convert young women to the Christian cause, finding Christ as their personal savior. She was one of the students who were declared without hope.” ChristianYoungPurposeCausesChristStudentsCollegeFindingsSaviorYoung WomenEmilyWithout Hope Author:Christopher Benfey