The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the school board.
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A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.
Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.
The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.
Children learn and remember at least as much from the context of the classroom as from the content of the coursework.
If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.
The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.
There's no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a student's achievement, and we need to recruit, train and reward more such teachers. But here's what some new studies are also showing: We need better parents. Parents more focused on their children's education can also make a huge difference in a student's achievement.
You have to give kids things they're interested in reading. That's what teachers do who are engaged in what their students want.
As the daughter of a schoolteacher, I feel very strongly that the most important thing in school takes place right there in that classroom, and the interaction between the teacher and the child.
I believe that those closest to the children should be making the decisions about how funds should be spent, what the curriculum should look like, and what's the best way to help our students.
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