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When students ask me today, 'What do you think we should learn from this book?' I tell them, 'Whatever you got out of it.'

Children learn and remember at least as much from the context of the classroom as from the content of the coursework.

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.

Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.

My sister taught me addition and subtraction and multiplication and division, so by the time I got to school, I knew it all, and when we'd do the times tables, I was just focused on doing it faster than anybody else. I already had the information, so it just got me to focus on excellence.

I've figured out my learning curve. I can look at something and somehow know exactly how long it will take for me to learn it.

I am a teacher and the reason I'm a teacher is because I'm learning as hard as I can. I'm not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers.

By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done.

I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.

Study after study affirms what I saw in the classroom every day as superintendent of Denver Public Schools: Nothing makes a bigger difference for student learning than great teaching.