“Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach – he was my mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it. In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life. My heart goes out to Linnea and their kids. We've lost a great man who had an incredible impact on his players, his staff and the entire UNC family.” MenHeartKidsFatherGamesLostParentTeacherPlayerInfluenceTeachingTaughtNeededMy HeartBasketballBiggerImpactIncrediblesCoachesGreat MenMentorStaffAlways There For MeUnc Author:Michael Jordan
“The dreams of the past - whether it was public TV being rolled into the classroom to teach Spanish, or the film projectors or the videotapes or the computer-aided instruction drill systems - the hopes have been dashed in terms of technology having some big impact. The foundation, I think can play a unique role there. Now, our money is more to the teacher-effectiveness thing, and technology is No. 2, but I'll probably spend more money on the technology things.” ThinkingHas BeensPlayDreamBigsPastFilmTermRolesTeachTechnologyTeacherTvsComputerUniqueFoundationImpactInstructionClassroomMore MoneyEffectivenessDrillsBig ImpactProjectors Author:Bill Gates
“Teacher training institutes should impact training of our nation's teachers in a manner that encourages them to support the holistic development of the child and to continuously refine their own skills to create the best possible learning environments for our children.” ShouldChildrenNationsSupportEnvironmentTeacherDevelopmentSkillsTrainingOur ChildrenImpactInstituteHolisticInstitutesTeacher TrainingLearning Environment Author:Shaheen Mistri
“As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be one of the good teachers - I want to have that kind of impact.” KnowsWantKindChildrenKidsSchoolYoungKnow HowTeacherImpactYoung ChildrenGood TeacherBad Teacher Author:Rachel Hurd-Wood
“During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the classroom. In low-income neighborhoods like Sunset Park, where I taught, students as young as five years old enter school affected by the stresses often created by poverty: domestic violence, drug abuse, gang activity.” YearsSchoolYoungCitiesPovertyFiveSawsTeacherViolenceNew YorkStudentsTaughtDrugActivityLowsAbuseStressImpactIncomeParksFive YearsSunsetNeighborhoodAffectedNew York CityClassroomDomestic ViolenceGangPublic SchoolElevenFive Year OldsSchool TeachersDrug AbuseLow Income Author:Sal Albanese
“I grew up in and the teachers. I think I was very lucky. I think I had a lot of social capital, and so when I found myself in this position of influence, I just - then I started to engage a bit with some of the problems in the world and realize that I could actually have an impact.” ThinkingWorldProblemFoundSocialBitsRealizingTeacherInfluencePositionGrewLuckyGrew UpImpactSocial Capital Author:Matt Damon
“I learned a lot about my parents, who were both teachers. I had known that my parents were very strongly in favor of education. I had known that they had an impact on a lot of people, but people came out of the woodwork who have said, "You know, without your father, I would never have gone to college," very successful people. And so I learned how widespread their educational evangelism really was.” PeopleKnowsSaidFatherParentKnownGoneSuccessfulTeacherCollegeImpactEducationalFavorsVery StrongSuccessful PeopleEvangelism Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.” TryingMadeWantedTeacherImpactMusic BusinessGood Teacher Author:Billy Joel
“The most reliable way to be certain of their classroom impact is through independent studies conducted by third-party organisations which compare the student growth in our corps members' classrooms to that of other teachers in similar situations.” WayCertainGrowthPartySituationStudyTeacherStudentsMembersThirdsIndependentImpactCompareClassroomOrganisationThird Parties Author:Wendy Kopp
“People are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact. The teachers who are making the greatest difference go far beyond meeting standardised test measures. They aspire to truly level the playing field for their students, which means inspiring a love of learning, fostering the highest levels of critical thinking, building perseverance in working towards academic excellence, and so on.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanRealDifferencesLevelsTeacherTeachingFieldsStudentsBuildingHighestTestsImpactMeetingsExcellencePerseveranceCriticalAcademicAspireCritical ThinkingPlaying FieldsFosteringLove Of LearningAcademic Excellence Author:Wendy Kopp
“I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.” ThinkingRealizingTeacherImpact Author:Scott Hamilton
“Nothing will have more impact on the future of the world than for each of us to find out why we were born and to do it. Human beings tend to do this when parents, teachers and other mentors invite us to it.” WorldHumansParentBornHuman BeingsTeacherImpactInvitesMentor Author:Oliver DeMille