Wendy Kopp Quotes

If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.

The best teachers are those who keep students motivated, challenged and flourishing.

As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive.

We have found that the most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic.

I have seen schools across the country working long and hard to embed a commitment to the unlimited development of every student into their cultures. The result, in terms of motivated learners and test scores, often is spectacular.

Our schools should be rewarding for all students.

Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read.

Keeping our kids engaged and in school must become a national priority.

I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going into law, they're going to be chief justice.

What the Chinese parent is conveying to the child is not that 'you've got to get A's or else I won't like you.' On the contrary, it's, 'I believe in you so much, I know that you can be excellent.'

Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated.

I want to make sure that all kids get a good education and enjoy what they learn.

My parents really pushed me to excel in school. Education was always important to them, so it was important to me.

We want every guy to graduate, and we work very hard on that.

Now that I'm a XXL Freshman, you know, I feel like that sets high standards for me, and I feel like I have to deliver.

It's important that we challenge the culture of low expectations. You need to believe every child can do well.

College kids want to be coached. They want to be taught. They might resist it a little bit early on, but the more you give, the more you get back.

Praise is essential in developing the right attitude toward learning and toward school.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

I grew up in a home and in a world in which you can do anything. We were all expected to go to college. My father was a doctor.

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

School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing it. I should know.

It was hard for me, being in school. And nobody was there to tell me how important it was.

Every parent wants to see their kids excel.