Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes

There's no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a student's achievement, and we need to recruit, train and reward more such teachers. But here's what some new studies are also showing: We need better parents. Parents more focused on their children's education can also make a huge difference in a student's achievement.

We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It's not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers.

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.

I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility.

The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.

Parents have got to become more involved in their children’s education.

Every schoolteacher will tell you that there is no substitute for engaged parents in the education of a child.

I want to be an involved parent in my daughter's life and do the things that other parents do, like go to the PTA meetings.

Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent.

As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.

Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

Nobody can raise your kids like you can yourself.

If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning.

It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.

But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!

My father once said about being a parent that it is the only thing you do that requires a very long period of learning, and at about the time that you are becoming competent, you don't need the skills anymore. Notwithstanding this modest assessment of their parenting skills, they were wonderful parents.

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.

We knew the people in Natick and knew the teachers that would be teaching our children. It was important for us to be involved in the Natick community because we think so highly of it.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.