Bel Kaufman Quotes

The public schools in our neighborhood were so bad that the teachers in the school said you shouldn't send your kids here. My mother called around and found a school that was willing to give both me and my brother scholarship money. It's a classic story about black parents wanting more for their kids than they had for themselves.

Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers.

I believe primary and secondary education is the bedrock of any sustainable society.

'Educational' refers to the process, not the object. Although, come to think of it, some of my teachers could easily have been replaced by a cheeseburger.

I believe in teaching as a real job. I don't think it's a substitute for anything else. It's been shown to me that teachers can help, and the writing today is just as good as it was when I started out. Technology hasn't changed that.

I do a lot of work with the Dyslexia Institute because, for people with dyslexia who do not have parental support, it is a huge disadvantage. I was fortunate because my Mum was a teacher and she taught me to work hard.

I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry.

In a home school, the kid does 95% of the work. But in a school system, since it's an indoctrination system, a teacher has to do 95% of the work.

Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.

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

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

In the hands of the Negro teacher rests the destiny of the race.

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

I'm a high school history teacher who got lucky.

The nature of education fundamentally has not changed in a century - and I say this as someone whose parents are both teachers.

Human life depends not only on income but also on social opportunities, [for example] what the state does for educating.

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

Men learn while they teach.

Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.

To teach is part of the very fabric of learning.

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

Psychology ought certainly to give the teacher radical help.