As a nation, we must unite in recognizing the mounting evidence that the U.S. is falling behind international competitors in producing students ready for 21st-century jobs.
Mentoring is a mutuality that requires more than meeting the right teacher: the teacher must meet the right student.
Our education system is not preparing young people for the world they will face.
Our kids should be leaving school ready for success, not paying for the misconduct of predatory institutions.
I think when a teacher says that you're ready for something, it means you're ready to learn it. It doesn't always mean that you are completely capable of doing everything that's inside the piece.
The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
A true master gives all his knowledge. But only when the student is ready.
Within a single school, teachers often encounter differences in poverty levels, parent involvement, and student readiness.
A third of our kids, after we spend more per student than any country in the world other than a couple rounding errors, 30 percent are college- and/or career-ready.
We have too few college graduates. We also have too few people who are prepared for college.
The building blocks of mathematical thinking are requisite for more advanced conceptualization. If a student is not ready to move on, then the teacher must take time to assist that learner.
Lack of homework shows up in the marketplace as well as in the classroom.
