Whisper Your Secrets Into The Wind
25 January 2012 @ 8:54 AM
"A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance. Every person in this chamber can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory of their lives. Most teachers work tirelessly, with modest pay, sometimes digging into their own pocket for school supplies - just to make a difference. Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn."
4 months ago via heathyr (originally apsies)
1 September 2011 @ 8:23 PM
tags:
#YES
#education
"We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face, they’re not stupid. They see the loudest applause is for the kids on the field. They know teachers are paid poorly and don’t drive fancy cars. They know people plan Super Bowl parties but mock the National Spelling Bee. In other words, they see the hypocrisy, and we can’t expect society to correct itself. If we want to have any lasting influence on the way our kids approach education — the way future generations approach education — then we have to grab our pom-poms and paint our faces and celebrate intellectual curiosity with the same vigor we do their athletic achievements."
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Why I’m raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com

We also don’t believe in the value of education, culturally — we just like to say we do because as citizens of an industrialized nation, we’re supposed to.

(via chameli)

9 months ago via mrsweasley (originally apsies)
2 April 2011 @ 10:09 AM

pupfresh:

NEW COVER: Stephen Colbert performing Rebecca Black’s “Friday” with The Roots and Taylor Hicks on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

1 year ago via heathyr (originally pupfresh)
27 March 2011 @ 12:43 AM
tags:
#education

notentirely:

The Most Aggressive Defense Of Teachers You’ll Hear This Year
The guy who asked teacher Taylor Mali, “What do you make?” at a dinner party certainly never thought he’d get this answer. (via kimg:moveon.org)

1 year ago via loveyourchaos (originally notentirely)
8 March 2011 @ 10:42 AM

fuckyeahgreghyatt:

Jon Stewart slams Fox News for supporting Wall Street and calling teachers undeserving of a pay raise and healthcare benefits.

This honestly makes me sick to my stomach. When I was watching this last night I honestly wanted to chuck my computer at my tv. This is just disgusting! Thank you Jon Stewart.

1 year ago via greghyatt (originally greghyatt)
28 January 2011 @ 1:46 PM
"We need to teach our kids that it’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair."
— President Obama said Tuesday in his State of the Union address.

(Source: The New York Times)

1 year ago