I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. <span style="margin:15px;...
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Neil Gaiman
We shouldn't teach great books we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.
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B.F. Skinner
You need mountains, long staircases don't make good hikers.
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Amit Kalantri
Oh God, teach us thy truth.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
Parents must teach their children the fear of God.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
More Quotes By Mike Schmoker
Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make difference.
When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read, " we postpone "reading to learn" - learning itself - by years.
Worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing).
Learning, without any opportunities to share what we've learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won't do it as well.
Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.
