Effective Teaching May Be The Hardest Job

We Learn... 10% Of What We Read 20% Of What We Hear 30% Of What We See 50% Of What We Both Hear And See 70% Of What Is Discussed 80% Of What We Experience Personally 95% Of What We Teach To Someone Else

If We Had In This Room A Hundred Teachers, Good Teachers From Good Schools, And Asked Them To Define The Word Education, There Would Be Very Little General Agreement.

To Focus On Discipline Is To Ignore The Real Problem: We Will Never Be Able To Get Students (or Anyone Else) To Be In Good Order If, Day After Day, We Try To Force Them To Do What They Do Not Find Satisfying.

Without Pay, No Human Being Will Work Up To Their Ability If He Or She Is Not Cared For And Respected.

As Long As Acquiring Knowledge Is The Educational Goal Of Schools, Educational Opportunities Will Be Limited, As They Are Now, To Affluent Families.