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A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.

As a former board member for Teach For America, I understand that every child has the ability to learn and that, no matter their circumstances at home, we have a duty and a responsibility to educate them and to do it well.

My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning.

The world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through experience, seeing something with our own eyes.

Kids can learn a lot by seeing things rather than reading it.

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

You have to give kids things they're interested in reading. That's what teachers do who are engaged in what their students want.

I feel that I learned far more from my students than I could possibly have taught them.

We learn differently as children than as adults. For grown-ups, learning a new skill is painful, attention-demanding, and slow. Children learn unconsciously and effortlessly.