Estelle Morris Quotes

We won't get economic growth if we don't look after our mothers and the potential of the next generation. They need to be prioritised.

I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard.

K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things.

Becoming a mom makes politics real. Whether it's education policies, health care policies, family leave - it informs your decision-making.

I want to ensure we have more nurseries in schools, and that they open in time for parents to get to work.

Whether it's making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or making sure that our children receive the best educational opportunities we can give them, we must remain committed to these needs because our children are our future.

Teacher compensation isn't the only factor in cultivating great teaching. Other important priorities include changing how we measure student performance, providing more flexibility to teacher-preparation programs, and improving how we train and support principals.

I believe it's in the best interests of a child to be in a stable environment.

The government can take smart steps to give all kids the healthy start they need to reach their full potential.

I think teaching should be a vocation, and they should be paid more for it.

Teaching is the profession that makes all other professions possible and yet we do not treat teachers as professionals.

The Institution has been devised to afford the means of receiving your children at an early age, almost as soon as they can walk. By this means many of you, mothers and families, will be able to earn a better maintenance or support for your children; you will have less care and anxiety about them, while the children will be prevented from acquiring any bad habits. and gradually prepared to learn the best.

By continuing to increase teacher recruitment and training - and ameliorating wages and working conditions - we will be able to shore up the weaknesses of the French education system.

To be a successful state, we must nurture successful children.

I've worked with children all my life.

President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan, called 'Race to the Top,' states can win federal support for schools by improving teacher evaluations.

I'm committed to working with teachers.

More than half of my former students teach - elementary and high school, community college and university. I taught them to be passionate about literature and writing, and to attempt to translate that passion to their own students. They are rookie teachers, most likely to be laid off and not rehired, even though they are passionate.

If you're going to send the mothers out into the work force, what are you going to do about the children they leave at home?

Some children need help from the day they are born.

Child care is a family issue—not a government issue.

The most experienced teachers are frequently promoted right out of the classroom!

We don’t get the quality of people going into teaching that other nations do…. When people go teacher bashing, they are making the problem worse.

I think that's something that all mothers have to deal with, especially single mothers. We work, and we have to leave the kids behind. And I think that's one of the reasons that we, not only as women but as families, we have to advocate for early childhood education for all of our children.

I'll be working with kids for the rest of my life.