This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.

When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.

Great teachers do not just know their subject - they love it. They do not just pass on knowledge - they pass on wonder. They do not just spend time teaching - they invest themselves into every student. They do not just improve results - they transform the imagination of those they teach.