“I think evolution should be taught as an accepted principle. I say that also as the daughter of a school teacher, a science teacher, who has instilled in me a respect for science. I think it should be taught in our schools. I won't ever deny that I see the hand of God in this beautiful creation that is earth. But - that is not a part of state policy or a local curriculum in a school district. Science should be taught in science class.” ThinkingShouldStatesHandsSchoolEarthBeautifulClassPrinciplesTeacherAtheismPolicyCreationTaughtEvolutionDaughterDenyPositive AtheismAcceptedLocalsCurriculumHands Of GodSchool TeachersSchool DistrictsScience TeacherScience Class Author:Sarah Palin
“Create a garden; bring children to farms for field trips. I think its important that parents and teachers get together to do one or two things they can accomplish well - a teaching garden, connecting with farms nearby, weave food into the curriculum.” ThinkingWellsChildrenTwoImportantTogetherParentTeacherTeachingFieldsGardenAccomplishTwo ThingsFarmsConnectingCurriculumGet TogetherParents And TeachersField Trip Author:Alice Waters
“In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February.” YearsSchoolLiteratureBlackWhiteFocusTeacherRoundsFlightAfrican AmericanIntegrationCurriculumFebruaryAtlantaAmerican Literature Author:Natasha Trethewey
“Parents teach in the toughest school in the word: The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, theclassroom teacher, and the janitor, all rolled into two. . . . There are few schools to train you for your job, and there is no general agreement on the curriculum. . . . You are on duty, or at least on call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for at least 18 years for each child you have. Besides that, you have to contend with an administration that has two leaders or bosses, whichever the case may be.” PeopleYearsMayChildrenTwoSchoolJobsParentHoursLeaderTeachCasesTeacherDutyTrainAdministrationBoardsAgreementBossPrincipalCurriculumJanitorBoard Of Education Author:Virginia Satir
“If you're a teacher you have to teach the curriculum, all that stuff, you have to teach morals, you have to teach values, and you have to teach, all-importantly, self-control. Because a lot of kids don't have it.” IfsSelfKidsValuesStuffMoralTeachTeacherSelf ControlCurriculum Author:Tony Danza
“Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas.” GivingIdeasInspirationTurnsSpaceWhiteTeacherPercentInnovationCome UpOfficialsColleaguesCurriculumSingaporeSpace TimeWhite Space Author:Andy Hargreaves
“I have not seen that standardised tests make the profession less attractive, though some principals respond to them in a way that drives the best teachers out of their schools (by over-emphasising test prep in the school curriculum for example). On the other hand, great teachers want benchmarks to measure progress and tests can help with that.” WayWantHelpingHandsSchoolTeacherProgressExampleTestsProfessionAttractivePrincipalCurriculumGreat TeacherBest TeacherPrepsSchool Curriculum Author:Wendy Kopp
“Home is the first school for us all, a school with no fixed curriculum, no quality control, no examinations, no teacher training” FirstsHomeSchoolQualityTeacherTrainingFixedExaminationCurriculumQuality ControlTeacher Training Book:The Elephant and the Flea: Reflections of a Reluctant Capitalist Source: The Elephant and the Flea: Reflections of a Reluctant Capitalist
“I often suggest that my students ask themselves the simple question: Do I know how to live? Do I know how to eat? How much to sleep? How to take care of my body? How to relate to other people? ... Life is the real teacher, and the curriculum is all set up. The question is: are there any students?” PeopleKnowsRealBodyCareLife IsAsksSleepSimpleKnow HowTeacherStudentsTake CareRelateCurriculum Author:Larry Rosenberg
“A Christian boy or girl can learn mathematics, for example, from a teacher who is not a Christian; and truth is truth however learned. But while truth is truth however learned, the bearing of truth, the meaning of truth, the purpose of truth, even in the sphere of mathematics, seem entirely different to the Christian from that which they seem to the non-Christian; and that is why a truly Christian education is possible only when Christian conviction underlies not a part but all, of the curriculum of the school.” DifferentSeemsSchoolChristianPurposeGirlBoysTeacherExampleTruth IsMathematicsConvictionSpheresCurriculumChristian Education Book:What is Christianity?: And Other Addresses Source: What is Christianity?: And Other Addresses