“When I speak to students, I tell them why we have a First Amendment. I tell them about the Committees of Correspondence. I tell them how in a secret meeting of the Raleigh Tavern in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, who did not agree with each other, started a Committee of Correspondence.” FirstsSpeakSecretStudentsAgreeMeetingsAmendmentsCommitteesFirst AmendmentVirginiaCorrespondenceTavernsRaleigh Author:Nat Hentoff
“I was lecturing at the Columbia Journalism School of Education. I asked them about what was happening to the Fourth Amendment. I said, "By the way, do you know what is in the Fourth Amendment?" One student responded, "Is that the right to bear arms?" It's hard to believe these are bright students.” KnowsWayBelieveSaidHardSchoolStudentsArmsBearsHappeningsJournalismDo You KnowAmendmentsFourthRight To Bear ArmsColumbiaHard To BelieveLecturingFourth Amendment Author:Nat Hentoff
“The need for education for the individual student should be recognized... home, neighborhood. But instead of that, we have the future being determined by standardized testing.” NeedsShouldHomeIndividualStudentsDeterminedNeighborhoodTestingStandardized Testing Author:Nat Hentoff
“If the right wing has their way and state's rights control voting rights, they would remove protections that make it difficult for seniors to vote. It would be harder for students to vote on campus. These are attempts to suppress acts of voting.” IfsWayStatesWould BeDifficultRightsStudentsVoteHarderWingsProtectionVotingRemoveSeniorRight WingCampusRight To Vote Author:Jesse Jackson
“Any good teacher should become acquainted with relevant technologies. But the technologies should not dictate an education goal. Rather, the teacher (or parent or student or policy maker) should ask: can technology help to achieve this goal, and which technologies are most likely to be helpful?” ShouldHelpingAsksParentGoalTechnologyTeacherAchievePolicyStudentsHelpfulMakersRelevantGood TeacherPolicy Makers Author:Howard Gardner
“A beloved student of mine told me she believed the earth was approximately 6,000 years old. She was smart, she was thoughtful, and she was wrong. But I couldn't discount her - I respected her too much. So I debated with her, using every bit of science and logic I had, but I still failed to convince her that the earth was billions of years old.” YearsStillsEarthBitsToo MuchStudentsMinesSmartLogicBillionsBelovedThoughtfulConvinceDiscounts Author:Lauren Grodstein
“Individuals in a university - students, faculty, staff - can choose to become politically engaged, and a free university should foster a climate in which those are natural choices.” ShouldChoicesIndividualNaturalStudentsClimateUniversityEngagedFacultyStaffUniversity Students Author:Noam Chomsky
“It's critical to level the playing field, to make prices and risks clear up front, so when someone signs on for a student loan or a mortgage or a credit card, they know the tricks and traps hidden in the fine print. That's why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been working on a new financial aid shopping sheet. A shorter, two-page credit card agreement, a simpler mortgage disclosure form. All those are aimed toward helping people understand the basic bargain.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensTwoHelpingFormLevelsClearRiskFrontsFieldsStudentsFinePagesFinancialCreditCriticalProtectionAidsTricksCardsConsumersAgreementPrintShoppingTrapsSheetsLoanHelping PeopleBargainsMortgageCredit CardPlaying FieldsDisclosureStudent LoanFine PrintFinancial Aid Author:Elizabeth Warren
“At the age of 5, when I was in kindergarten, I often used to pass by the computer labs and see students doing work on computers. I realized that calculation, which would take us a long time to do, can be done in less than a second with the help of computers. So that is how my interest in computers began.” LongDoneHelpingAgeUsedInterestStudentsComputerLong TimeI RealizedCalculationsLabsKindergarten Author:Arfa Karim
“Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget crises, trustees, board members, and administrators may wonder why these state institutions - with an articulated primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff members and a secondary clientele of all citizens of the state - should be spending resources on a digital library that is used by many people beyond the primary and secondary service populations.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldMayStatesUsedWonderWonderfulStudentsCitizensMembersResourcesCrisisInstitutionsLibraryUniversityPopulationCurrentsSpendingAround The WorldPrimariesBudgetsBoardsDigitalFacultyStaffAdministratorsTrusteesBoard MembersStaff Members Author:Tom Peters
“I am confident that for the foreseeable future (barring some catastrophic event affecting economic, energy, electrical, and communications systems), many subpopulations that use information intensively (e.g., students, academics, library patrons, white collar workers) will be using some sort of portal information appliance.” UseEnergyWhiteEconomicEventsInformationStudentsCommunicationWorkersLibraryElectricalCollarsPatronPortalAppliancesWhite Collar Author:Tom Peters
“The Communists in Cuba didn't assist Castro in his revolution. They weren't on the side of the students. They didn't do anything to help in the invasion or the long-continuing struggle from the Oriente province down.” LongHelpingSidesStruggleStudentsRevolutionCommunistContinuingInvasionCubaProvincesCastro Author:Dorothy Day
“It's just disgusting that in this society, the majority of students in art school are women, but they amount to less than 30% of what is shown in museums. That has not changed radically.” ArtSchoolChangedStudentsAmountMajorityMuseumsDisgustingThis SocietyArt School Author:Kiki Smith
“By leaning on companies, by leaning on infrastructure providers, by leaning on researchers, graduate students, post-docs, even undergrads, to look at the challenges having an untrusted internet, where we have to put our communications on wires that are owned by a phone company that we can't trust, that's working in collaboration with a government that we can't trust, in areas around the world, we can restructure that communications fabric in a way that it's encrypted.” WorldWayLooksGovernmentChallengesCompanyStudentsCommunicationInternetAreasPhonesAround The WorldPostsCollaborationGraduatesFabricInfrastructureWireResearchersProvidersGraduate StudentsRestructure Author:Edward Snowden
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” InspirationalSchoolChanceEducationTeachLearningStudentsHard WorkPerseveranceEducationalPersistenceLiteracyDiligenceGreat TeacherDiligentBest TeacherFirst LadyInspirational WomenGreat EducationTeaching And LearningEducation And TeachersLifelong LearnerGreat EducationalKeep LearningTeaching And EducationTeaching EducationTeacher StudentTeaching LearningTeacher And StudentInspirational EducationArt EducationBeing A TeacherLifelong LearningArdorBest EducationStudents And EducationPhenomenal WomanStudent LearningInspirational EducationalEducation And LiteracyContinuous LearningNever Stop LearningValue Of EducationReading And LiteracyInspirational LearningTraining And EducationTeachers Learning From StudentsAdult EducationAcademic EducationTeacher MotivationalEducation In AmericaEarning ItMotivational EducationDue DiligenceInvestment In EducationBest StudentsAdult Learning Author:Abigail Adams
“I was a member of the Black Student Union, part of the central committee at San Francisco State. During the 1968 strike there, I was certainly very much involved in the activities that occurred on campus. It was part of an extraordinary period in my life” StatesBlackStudentsInvolvedPeriodsActivityMembersUnionsExtraordinaryStrikesCommitteesSan FranciscoCampus Author:Danny Glover
“I teach at Georgetown, and I see that the students have so many different interests. The main thing is to match your passion with your knowledge, because you can't just be passionate without knowing the facts, and facts are really boring without passion.” DifferentFactsPassionInterestTeachKnowingStudentsPassionateBoringGeorgetown Author:Madeleine Albright
“You [young people] all are just much more internationally-minded and traveled and knowledgeable in languages than any other previous generation. So many of you are already doing a lot of international relations, I think. I so believe in student networks, and people that either study abroad or come to the United States to study, and the relationships that you all develop. You learn a lot from each other, but you all will see each other again in jobs along the way. And I think that makes a big difference. I so believe in what students can do.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveStatesBigsJobsYoungLanguageCan DoDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesStudyGenerationsStudentsRelationInternationalTraveledInternational RelationsKnowledgeablePrevious GenerationsStudy Abroad Author:Madeleine Albright
“I can't be a student. I always hated that lifestyle.” I CanStudentsLifestyleHated Author:Zach Condon
“My students are very special. They are my source of pride, my source of joy, my source of hope. I am terribly fond of my students.” JoySpecialStudentsSourcePride Author:Elie Wiesel
“I was a regular kind of academic music student. I was at Juilliard. I had to study all the contemporary music of the time, and changing that language very radically was just a sign or a signal that I was going to try to do something very different. I find that that's what I feel closest to. I found no real inner response in me in a non-tonal language.” FeelsTryingKindDifferentRealFoundLanguageStudyStudentsResponseContemporaryAcademicClosestSignalsContemporary MusicJuilliard Author:Philip Glass
“I think it's a real shame so many schools have taken out the hands-on classes. Art, music, auto mechanics, cooking, sewing, these are all things that can turn into jobs. You know, wood shop, steel shop, welding. These are all things that can turn into great careers, get kids interested. Things they can do with other students. Other things for our word thinkers: journalism clubs, drama clubs.” ThinkingKnowsArtRealHandsKidsSchoolJobsTurnsCan DoClassCareersTakenStudentsDramaAll ThingsShameCookingClubsWoodsJournalismShopsThinkerSteelMechanicOur WordsSewingArt MusicWeldingAuto MechanicDrama Club Author:Temple Grandin
“My sense from talking to college students is that you have a healthier sense of the diversity of opinions or arguments or analysis about issues. In our day it was just sort of, "Well gee, this is what the news says so that's the way it is." It didn't really get challenged that much.” WayWellsTalkingOpinionIssuesStudentsCollegeDiversityNewsArgumentAnalysisCollege Students Author:William Kristol
“I always thought the women of my age group got short shrift because the women's liberation movement came slightly after. You look at the yearbooks and you see the future homemakers of America - hurray for that - but you also see them in the engineers club. You see minority kids as student body presidents at a time when everyone was supposed to be terminally racist. Yearbooks are genres; they're also folk art, folk documentation.” LooksArtBodyKidsAgeAmericaPresidentGroupsMovementStudentsFolksClubsSupposed To BeLiberationGenreMinoritiesRacistEngineersDocumentationHomemakerYearbookFolk Art Author:Kevin Starr
“"Rocket Night" is my take on bullying culture. I think this is getting better, thanks to the anti-bullying work being done by my generation. But there's a way that coaches, teachers, parents, and administration officials can conspire against our students who need the most support.” ThinkingWayNeedsDoneNightCultureParentSupportTeacherGenerationsStudentsCoachesThanksAdministrationGet BetterOfficialsBullyingRocketsMy GenerationBeing DoneAnti Bullying Author:Alexander Weinstein
“Presently we're seeing these kinds of battles for our most vulnerable students - such as Trans and LGBTQ students. You have a lot of conservative parents/school boards making life much harder for these children by trying to ensure bullying remains in place.” TryingKindChildrenSchoolParentSeeingStudentsBattleHarderRemainsConservativeVulnerableBoardsBullyingTransSchool Board Author:Alexander Weinstein
“In the field of education, educators know that they leave a lasting impact on their students for better or for worse. Trust is established or diminished in the classroom and very good educators understand that they are fallible. Despite their best efforts, they will not always do the best for each student.” KnowsEffortFieldsStudentsImpactVery GoodDespiteLastingClassroomDo The BestEducatorBest EffortLasting Impact Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“Creating a classroom environment that encourages students to take the risk of learning. We've known for a long time that when students lack a sense of safety or of belonging or of contribution, learning takes second place to meeting those needs.” NeedsLongKnownEnvironmentRiskStudentsCreatingLong TimeSafetyMeetingsContributionBelongingClassroomSecond PlaceEncourage Students Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“Important element is deeply understanding our curriculum. Most teachers know what they're going to cover this week or this term. Few of us can specify precisely what students should know, understand, and be able to do as a result of any particular learning experience or set of learning experiences. Without that specificity, alignment between content, assessment, and instruction is weak.” KnowsShouldImportantAbleUnderstandingTermResultsTeacherWeekStudentsParticularElementsWeakInstructionAlignmentAssessmentCurriculumLearning ExperienceSpecificity Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“We aren't quite sure what we're trying to differentiate, and therefore can't quite see how to do it other than giving some students more to cover and some less. That rarely works.” GivingTryingStudentsDifferentiate Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“We need to understand where are students are at any point during a unit - in other words, what each student actually knows, understands, and can do at a given time based on the content goals we've established.” KnowsNeedsGivenGoalCan DoStudentsUnits Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“We need to develop a robust set of tools - strategies and routines - that help us address student variance. It's easy to come to rely on two or three "trusty" instructional strategies like worksheets and lectures. Those are of little help in planning for a variety of student needs. As we develop a better toolbox, we're empowered to meet students where they are.” NeedsLittlesTwoHelpingThreeEasyStudentsToolsStrategyPlanningVarietyRelyAddressesLecturesEmpoweredRobustVarianceLittle HelpToolbox Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“It's important to know how to lead and manage a classroom with flexibility. Students of all ages are quite capable of learning these routines and contributing to their success once the teacher is comfortable guiding students in that direction.” KnowsImportantAgeKnow HowTeacherStudentsComfortableCapableManageClassroomFlexibilityContributing Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“Until a teacher learns to use elements like time, space, materials, groupings, and so forth flexibly, it's incredibly difficult to teach students as they need to be taught.” NeedsUseDifficultSpaceTeachTeacherStudentsTaughtMaterialsElements Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“On some level students are essentially the same. They are people with fears and dreams. They laugh and cry over many of the same things. They share an essential humanity as young people always have.hey differ in some significant ways now, too, I believe. They are forced to grapple with complex issues at a much younger age.” PeopleWayBelieveDreamAgeYoungHumanityI BelieveLevelsLaughingIssuesShareCryStudentsEssentialsComplexesSignificantHeyFears And Dreams Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“[Students] are exposed to many things the majority of their teachers didn't encounter until much later in their growing up years.” YearsGrowing UpTeacherGrowingStudentsMajorityEncountersExposed Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“[Students] are also accustomed to having quick access to information. The idea of "storing" data in their heads can seem pointless. I find that they are also much more interested in learning through problem solving and group collaboration than in the past.” IdeasProblemSeemsPastGroupsInformationStudentsAccessDataCollaborationProblem SolvingAccustomedPointlessAccess To Information Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“[Students] often have a "We can figure this out - don't just tell us" attitude. In that way, they can be less patient with "traditional" approaches to teaching.” WayAttitudeTeachingFiguresStudentsApproachPatientTraditional Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“I have find that today's students are often more tolerant of human variance than students in earlier generations might have been. On the other hand, some of our students need much more interaction with a wide variety of peers so they level of understanding deepens and so they are prepared to live in a world that is only going to get smaller.” WorldNeedsHumansHas BeensHandsMightTodayUnderstandingLevelsGenerationsStudentsPreparedWideVarietyInteractionPeersMight Have BeenVariance Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“We have students at the university say on a regular basis, "You're asking us to think and no one has ever done that in school."” ThinkingDoneSchoolStudentsBasesAskingUniversity Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“We're teaching a generation of students who've been schooled to produce quick, right answers on demand. They are not comfortable with ambiguity. The implications of that in the long term are discomforting.” LongTermAnswersGenerationsTeachingStudentsProduceDemandComfortableLong TermAmbiguityImplicationsSchooledRight Answers Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“I think [testing] has had a profoundly problematic impact on student learning. It must seem to students that their worth as individuals is equivalent to their test score. The stress the high stakes culture has on teachers is also highly negative and must surely impact students in a negative way. It also de-professionalizes teachers because it encourages them to be script readers, followers of rigid schedules, and to disregard the needs of the people they teach in favor of the scripts and schedules.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsSeemsCultureIndividualTeachTeacherStudentsReaderNegativeTestsStressImpactScriptsFavorsScoreFollowersStakesSchedulesTestingDisregardStudent LearningTest Scores Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“We need teacher educators who regularly spend a great deal of time in classrooms so they have a deep understanding of where they students will teach.” NeedsUnderstandingDealsTeachTeacherStudentsClassroomEducatorDeep Understanding Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“We need teacher educators who are hungry to learn about and implement contemporary approaches to teaching and learning in their own classrooms and who are reflective about their work with their students.” NeedsTeacherTeachingStudentsApproachHungryContemporaryClassroomEducatorTeaching And Learning Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“What I want to do first with education is my student loan idea. Basically, if you go into teaching and teach for five years, your student loans should be forgiven. It doesn't cost that much.” IfsWantShouldYearsFirstsIdeasTeachFiveTeachingStudentsCostFive YearsForgivenLoanStudent Loan Author:Charles Schumer
“I had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a bad student I barely passed my exams and I barely bothered about books. It was sports all the time. I started reading and got involved in literature and writing. The few cases I handled gave me the material for my early short stories.” WritingBookStoriesSchoolReadingLiteratureSportsCasesStudentsCollegeMaterialsInvolvedLawyerShort StoryBotheredExamCollege Days Author:Khushwant Singh
“It does not stand to give banks millions of dollars at an interest rate of one percent, when banks charge students an interest rate of 6 percent. Why should the banks be scalping students?” GivingShouldDoeInterestMillionsStudentsPercentDollarsRateInterest Rate Author:Jesse Jackson
“I think the inconveniences of a segregated education are much greater than the inconveniences of busing students so that they can get an integrated quality education.” ThinkingQualityGreaterStudentsIntegratedInconvenienceQuality Education Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I mean, in the foreword to Impro in Denmark is by Søren Iversen, who I taught long ago, he was a Danish director, after he left. He said he'd read about [Eugeny] Vakhtangov. I'm a fan of his. When he heard that Vakhtangov had lots of tricks, he thought this was very bad. But when he came to be my student, he realised it was very good to have a lot of tricks. You saw some this morning.” MeanLongSaidLeftMorningSawsHeardFansStudentsTaughtDirectorsVery GoodTricksLong AgoRealisedDenmarkDanish Author:Keith Johnstone
“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