Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

We've been brainwashed into thinking that it takes more monies than it actually does to educate children. That's been one of the brainwash jobs.

Students do not need to be labeled or measured any more than they are. They don't need more Federal funds, grants, and gimmicks. What they need from us is common sense, dedication, and bright, energetic teachers who believe that all children are achievers and who take personally the failure of any one child.

Death cannot put the brakes on a good dream.

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.

[Kid] never learned to read in kindergarten, first, and second, so in third grade he begins to be placed in the EMH or the learning-disabled rooms.