Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes

It's an extension of what I do also as part of making my living - I go into schools and work with kids on writing, and I do assembly programs often. Each one is different because each school has different requirements.

The bulk of the universities are about teaching kids.

I love teaching; I love little kids.

Something I've really enjoyed learning more about is course design.

Technology has enormous potential to address educational needs more efficiently, help teachers improve their performance, and enrich and individualize student learning.

Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, 'Flying Fingers,' debuted; since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.

More than anything, we must do better for our children's education.

When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future.

I love working with kids and helping others, so I feel like a career in teaching would be perfect.

Schools can do extraordinary things given the chance; teachers can do remarkable things if we eliminate the paperwork that sometimes binds them and give them a chance to really teach in our schools.

Teachers across the world are doing all they can to ensure a good education is the top priority for children.

I do not want to make teaching films. If I did, I would create a separate organization. It is not higher education that interests me so much as general mass education.

I never lose sight of the fact that before I was a writer, I was a teacher. I still am. My classroom's just gotten a little bigger.

Academic experts may not be good at doing what they are experts in themselves, but they are good at explaining the subject matter to others. They write books, teach courses and offer lessons and give steps others can follow.

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account.

There is nothing that 'Sesame Street' can't teach you, if you let it.

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 studied secondary education.

I love being around kids; they're honest and refreshing, and I love teaching them new things.

I wanted to be a teacher.

While you're setting something up that's educational for yourself, you have an opportunity to teach others at the same time.

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

I majored in elementary education, and I have a passion for kids.

I just like seeing kids inspired.

You know there's a problem [with the education system] when you realize that out of the three R’s, only one begins with an R.