The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second, more personal and important, from himself.

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It's not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers.