“Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.” MadeDoneTeacherPossibilityStudentsRight NowMajorsIntellectualWarmMade ItFriendlyDestroyingSingle Relationship Author:William Glasser
“My name is not Mara Dyer, but my lawyer told me I had to choose something. A pseudonym. A nom de plume, for all of us studying for the SATs. I know that having a fake name is strange, but trust me-it's the most normal thing about my life right now. Even telling you this much probably isn't smart. But without my big mouth, no one would know that a seventeen-year-old who likes Death Cab for Cutie was responsible for the murders. No one would know that somewhere out there is a B student with a body count. And it's important that you know, so you're not next.” KnowsYearsImportantBodyBigsNextNamesStudyStudentsStrangeRight NowNormalSmartMouthsMurderResponsibleLawyerLikesFakeSatTrust MeSeventeenCabNormal ThingsSomewhere Out TherePseudonymsSeventeen Years Old Book:The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Source: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
“Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-TECh in Brooklyn ... students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.” NeedsGivingCountryKidsSchoolJobsOpportunityCommunityPathFocusStudentsCollegeReadyRight NowDegreesComputerHigh SchoolGermanyGraduatesEngineeringAssociatesGood JobBrooklynOur CommunityDiplomaCommunity CollegeHigh School StudentsHigh School Diploma Author:Barack Obama
“The other way that you democratize the food movement is through the public school system. If you can pay enough for the school lunch system so that it can actually be cooked and not just microwaved, so that these schools can buy local food, fresh food, because right now it's all frozen and processed, you will improve the health of the students, you will improve the health of the local economy, and you will have better performing students.” IfsWayEnoughSchoolPayEconomyMovementStudentsRight NowLocalsPerformingLunchFrozenPublic SchoolSchool SystemFresh FoodLocal FoodSchool Lunch Author:Michael Pollan
“The saving of empty beer and liquor bottles is a strange college phenomenon. I bet most of you college students reading this right now have some empties on a shelf in your room. Everyone knows how much college kids like to drink, do we really need to display it? It's a good thing, though, that this trend stops after college. Wouldn't it be weird if your parents had empty wine bottles up on their bedroom wall?” IfsKnowsNeedsKidsReadingParentRoomsKnow HowStudentsCollegeStrangeWallDrinkRight NowEmptyWineGood ThingsSavingBeerPhenomenonBottlesTrendsDisplayBedroomShelvesLiquorYour RoomCollege StudentsBedroom Wall Author:Aaron Karo
“Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students.” PeopleGivingStudentsRight NowInstanceFasterExtrasUnfairAssignmentsExamExtra Time Author:L. Todd Rose
“I think we're at a really unique moment right now because the American people are waking up to the fact that it is a race to the bottom between these two corporate parties that are sending jobs overseas, putting downward pressure on wages, starving people out of healthcare, locking an entire generation into unpayable predatory student loan debt.” PeopleThinkingTwoMomentsFactsJobsPartyRaceGenerationsStudentsRight NowUniqueWake UpPressureBottomDebtCorporateWakingHealthcareWagesLoanStarvingPredatoryStudent Loan Author:Jill Stein
“They came to this country they, they were Hungarians, they were Communists from a Communist country. And right now those Hungarian freedom fighters can get jobs that student sit-ins can't get. They can go and sleep and live in hotels that Martin Luther King himself can't live in.They are recognized and respected because they are fighters, not because they are sit-iners or freedom.” CountryJobsSleepStudentsKingsRight NowFighterHotelCommunistLutherFreedom FighterHungarians Author:Malcolm X
“If you're one of the millions of people who have student debt right now, I'll help you refinance your loans at better rates.” PeopleIfsHelpingMillionsStudentsRight NowRateDebtLoanRefinance Author:Hillary Clinton
“We are in tough economic times right now, and the first thing we have to do is look at how we're spending the dollars that we have, and at what kind of return on investment we're getting. Because I think it will show that spending more money without fixing the fundamental flaws in the system won't produce anything different in terms of results. In DC, we were spending a whole lot of money on things that had no positive impact on students' achievement levels.” ThinkingFirstsLooksKindDifferentWholeShowsTermLevelsResultsEconomicStudentsProduceReturnRight NowAchievementToughFundamentalsImpactDollarsInvestmentSpendingFlawsMore MoneyLots Of MoneyFixingPositive ImpactReturn On InvestmentStudent AchievementTough Economic Times Author:Michelle Rhee
“I tell students that even if they don't like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool - a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives.” IfsSelfMatterUseBrainCareersStudentsRight NowToolsNo Matter WhatFoundationMathSelf ConfidenceSharpeningBuilding Self Confidence Author:Danica McKellar