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We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.

Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their traditional mission and that people in the community become more involved with schools as both active participants in children's learning and as individual mentors.

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings. This is part of teaching emotional literacy - a set of skills we can all develop, including the ability to read, understand, and respond appropriately to one's own emotions and the emotions of others.

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings.

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share.

When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.

I think a lot of teachers feel like they're teaching to a test. Our response is you teach to a student, you really teach to the kid.

One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.