Charles Best Quotes

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals', the ones who somehow know how to teach.

The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher.

We have become unable to think of better education except in terms of more complex schools and of teachers trained for ever longer periods.

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

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

To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.

I wasn't a very good teacher.

I'm just not a natural teacher.

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

Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.

School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.

We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us.

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

When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education.

The simple facts are these: We need higher standards in our schools, and we need to hold teachers accountable for the outcomes in their classrooms.

America's best teachers are always looking for new ways to bring learning to life.

Teachers must learn how to teach ... they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching.

Data adds concrete information to a teacher's observations and intuition, but it will never replace experience, personal relationships, and cultural understanding.

Student teaching is the hardest job there is.

I think we're doing a dreadful job of educating.

Study after study affirms what I saw in the classroom every day as superintendent of Denver Public Schools: Nothing makes a bigger difference for student learning than great teaching.

I loved teaching. I used to teach fourth grade.

We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.

Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.

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.