Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.

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...

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

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns 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.