#students

Fifty?” Harry gasped. “Fifty points each,” said Professor McGonagall, breathing heavily. “Professor — please —” “You can’t —” “Don’t tell me what I can and can’t do, Potter. I’ve never been more ashamed of Gryffindor students. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#mcgonagall #points #students #teachers #teacher

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us. ↗

— Neal Shusterman

#students #teachers #teacher

But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#education #fact #focused #good #how

Typically, historical black colleges and universities like Delaware State, attracted students who were raised in an environment where going to college wasn't the next natural step after high school. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#attracted #black #college #colleges #delaware

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#better #difference #focusing #make #make a difference

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity? ↗

— Cesar Chavez

#better #book #books #consist #drawing

If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#course #get #giving #graduate #impress

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. ↗

— John Ciardi

#college #faculty #interest #loses #students

Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#arts #arts education #chances #demonstrated #education

Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others. ↗

— James S. Coleman

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