Say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it.

By the time these students enter the workforce, many of the jobs they will apply for ill be in industries that don't even exist yet. That's a hard future to prepare someone for. Teachers have their sights set on the real goal: not to produce Ivy League graduates, but to encourage the development of naturally curious, confident, flexible, and happy learners who are ready for whatever the future has in store.

Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now what about you?

Certainly teachers themselves can do a better job of letting the world know how hard their profession is, but frankly, they have real work to do and a lot of it, so they don't have a whole lot of free time on their hands.

Falling in love is like owning a dog.

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...