Shanola Hampton Quotes

Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.

Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life.

Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't have the kind of long term positive impact that it should.

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

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.

You can force students to learn, to a certain extent, but students aren't happy and employers aren't happy.

We need to make education so much fun that students can't help but learn.

It's important for students to take their studies seriously.

Education in the past has been too much inspiration and too little information.

First figure out why you want the students to learn the subject and what you want them to know, and the method will result more or less by common sense.

It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.

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 faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much or how fast you teach. The true measure is how much students have learned.

I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.

I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake.

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.

Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work.

Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

I come from a background that stresses education more than anything.

Knowing what to expect from a teacher is a really good thing, of course: It lets you get the right answers more quickly than you would otherwise.

… the debate of the understudies