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Without any doubt at all, teacher quality is the fundamental differentiator. Not just, incidentally, of education, but I would argue, probably the biggest single differentiator of success for the nations of the 21st Century.

We have found that the most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic.

If we can teach a teacher we can reach more people.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'

I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

Teachers are always trying to inspire people to do better, to learn, to grow. That's what we do, and we're proud of the success we've had here doing that, and it's something we'll certainly continue to do.

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.