James Warren Doyle Quotes

We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives.

You wouldn't tolerate an underperforming surgeon in an operating theatre, or a underperforming midwife at your child's birth. Why is it that we tolerate underperforming teachers in the classroom?

There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher.

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.

We are fortunate to have some of the greatest and best teachers in the world, but we want to make sure that those few that try to sneak through the system are caught in advance.

I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.

I see the root of the education crisis in the primary and secondary schools. Academia is doing a fairly good job. The root of the problem is the teachers. Some are great. But too many of them are not capable of being good role models. They can't control the classes. They lose too much time trying to create a learning environment.

I don’t know any parent who wants to send his children to a below average school.

Can you think of any other occupation where you can screw up—and screw up children’s lives permanently—and they can’t fire you.

I believe our schools will actually get better if layoffs are done carefully, such that only the very worst teachers are let go.

There are far too many ineffective teachers and, in particular, far too many truly terrible teachers who are harming children and poisoning the system.

In essence, the education department argues that the quality of the education children receive is irrelevant, as long as someone stands in front of the class.

We want our teachers to be trained so they can meet the obligations, their obligations as teachers. We want them to know how to teach the science of reading. In order to make sure there's not this kind of federal-federal cufflink.

The quality of an education system can never exceed the quality of its teachers.

We're not trying to be the only route into teaching. We do put enormous energy into understanding what differentiates the most successful teachers.

I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.

I feel sorry for the poor kids whose parents feel they're qualified to teach them at home. Of course, some parents are smarter than some teachers, but in the main I see home-schooling as misguided foolishness.

We've done a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful. The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement, and all selection research basically points to that.

I always wanted to be a teacher. I went to school to be a teacher. And I've always, you know, had this sort of romantic idea about it. But I'm worried about - I'm worried about education.

We should be firing bad teachers.

Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.

I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids.

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

The admissions standards are so low that almost anybody who has a credit card that isn’t maxed out can get into the programs.