Teacher Quotes

“Respect your teacher. He is your intellectual father.”

“Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.”

“The idea that we’re going to be able to attract and retain the best and brightest to teach in our classrooms if we don’t have competitive teacher pay is just not realistic.”

“A great teacher is the single most important factor in a child's education.”

“What I want to do is, I want to create a situation where we have the best, the brightest, the most passionate, the most effective teachers in our schools.”

“I think the best teachers are the ones who are the most creative, the most innovative.”

“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.”

“We need to make sure that we are paying our teachers a salary that is not only fair but that will be able to attract and retain the best and brightest to our classrooms.”

“You can't fire your way to the top.”

“The only thing that will really change things is the empowerment of teachers.”

“I don’t represent the kids. I represent the teachers.”

“I think we need to be very clear and honest about the fact that we will not have better schools without better teachers.”

“Blaming teachers for all the ills of education is a cop-out.”

“The well-being of our students is inextricably linked to the well-being of our educators.”

“The attack on tenure is an attack on academic freedom and due process.”