“The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty — it is the effectiveness of the teacher.” ~~ Harry K. Wong
Filed Under: Achievement, Harry K. Wong, Learning, Teaching
This collection of education quotes was inspired by the following quote from William Butler Yeats:
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
Welcome. I am Barbara Feldman, a syndicated newspaper columnist, online publisher, blogger, tech evangelist, empty-nest mom and wife. Read more.
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” ~~ Og Mandino
“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.” ~~ Maurice Sendak (from “Where the Wild Things Are”)
“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.” ~~ Janis Joplin
“Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.” ~~ Tim Berners-Lee
“When somebody has learned how to program a computer … You’re joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make the computer do anything they can imagine.” ~~ Tim Berners-Lee
“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.” ~~ Elie Wiesel
“When something is such a creative medium as the web, the limits to it are our imagination.” ~~ Tim Berners-Lee
