“But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.” KnowsSchoolNamesParentCan DoRealizingDecisionRolesTeacherPromiseMembersOur ChildrenBest ThingsBoardsBest TeacherSchool BoardBoard Members Author:Mark Kennedy
“I never thought I'd be a person who would want to write books...I promise you not a single English teacher I've ever had would have thought that this would be going on right now.” WantWritingPersonsBookWould BeTeacherPromiseRight NowI PromiseEnglish Teacher Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“Go out into the world where your heart calls you. The blessings will come, I promise you that. I wish for you the insight to recognize the blessings as such, and sometimes it's hard. But you'll know it's a blessing if you are enriched and transformed by the experience. So be ready. There are great souls and teachers everywhere. It's your job to recognize them.” IfsKnowsWorldInspirationalHeartSoulSometimesHardJobsWishTeacherReadyPromiseBlessingInsightTransformedI PromiseGreat Souls Author:Sy Montgomery
“Donald Trump has broken his first promise [to release taxes]. Second he stood on this stage last week and when Hillary said you haven't been paying taxes, he said, that makes me smart. So it's smart not to pay for our military. It's smart not to pay for veterans, it's smart not to pay for teachers and I guess all of us who do pay for those things I guess we're stupid.” FirstsSaidLastsPayTeacherWeekStageMilitaryHavensStupidBrokenTrumpPromiseTaxesSmartReleaseVeteranPaying Taxes Author:Tim Kaine
“The rise of the prosperity gospel is one of the great challenges to the true message of Jesus Christ. While not an expressly Western problem, the promises of this false teaching are often deeply rooted in Western materialism and worldly wealth. Teachers focus on a temporal reward as evidence of God's blessing, often ignoring the greater issues of justice, reconciliation, and redemption so needed in the world today.” WorldProblemTodayJesusChristChallengesWealthJusticeFocusTeacherTeachingPromiseBlessingEvidenceJesus ChristWesternProsperityRedemptionMaterialismWorldlyReconciliation Author:Ed McBain
“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
“Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.” NeedsShouldDoeHelpingTalkingTeacherStudentsPromisePrioritiesFulfilledFundingTeacher And Student Author:Solomon Ortiz
“After it's all over, the early childhood, a chain of birthdays woven with candlelight, piles of presents, voices of relatives singing and praising your promise and future, after the years of schooling, fitting yourself into different size desks, memorizing, reciting, reporting, and performing for jury after jury of teachers, counselors, and administrators, you still feel inadequate, alone, vulnerable, and naked in a world that can be unforgiving and terribly demanding.” WorldFeelsYearsStillsDifferentVoiceTeacherChildhoodPromiseSingingPraiseSizeNakedChainsVulnerablePerformingDesksJuryInadequateFittingSchoolingWovenCounselorEarly ChildhoodAdministratorsUnforgivingMemorizingCandlelightReciting Author:Virginia C. Andrews