Michael Bennet Quotes

The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.

The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?'

The single most important factor in determining [student] achievement is not the color of skin or where they come from. It is not who their parents are or how much money they have. It is who their teacher is.

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.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

I'd like to think I'm a great teacher.

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

Every dollar spent on education should go toward helping our teachers teach and our students learn.

Education is a business - the growth business. It cultivates the growth of our learners, translates the growth of new knowledge, and builds professional growth.

My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher.

I wasn't a very good teacher.

There is nothing more valuable than great classroom instruction. But let's stop putting the whole burden on teachers. We also need better parents. Better parents can make every teacher more effective.

I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.

I hope to become a better teacher. I love teaching.

I don’t believe curriculums are the key to education, I believe teachers are.

Most teachers in America could dramatically improve their teaching if they just made every second count.

Teaching is hard. It takes a lot of skill. Not everyone who tries can do it well. We need to admit that and act accordingly. We should reward and respect great teachers by paying them more, and we should stop rewarding seniority over effectiveness.

You have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching.

Teachers know how to improve education.

I spent a few years after college as a Boston public school teacher and I loved it. But I was never committed to it, committed to it as a career.

I think a lot of teachers want to talk about how to continually improve performance.

Ensuring all kids have access to an effective, talented teacher needs to be a national priority.

I initially thought I was going to be a teacher. Maybe like an elementary teacher or something like that, which would be fun. Maybe someday.