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Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, 'Flying Fingers,' debuted; since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.

~Adora Svitak

Topics: Around Book Children Class Classrooms Conferences Elementary Elementary School Fingers First First Class Flying Hoping Hundreds Instill Learning Local Love Other School Schools Since Spoken Taught Then World Year

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In second grade, I told a bunch of kids there was a homeless person living between the portable classrooms outside our school. It caused panic, and the principal had to announce on the P.A. system that no one was living there. I pretended I didn't know who started the rumor.

~Alessia Cara

Topics: Announce Between Bunch Caused Classrooms Grade Had Homeless Kids Know Living Our Outside Panic Person Portable Pretended Principal Rumor School Second Started System Who

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When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Broke Buildings Classrooms Destroyed Korean Korean War Left Out Six Studied Trees War Were Whatever

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Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Achievement Actually Among Assigned Best Between Child Classrooms Education Get Great Great Teacher Half Him Important More Much Only Possible Research Same School Schools Shows Student Teacher Than Variation Want You Your Your Child

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In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.

~Bob Riley

Topics: Believe Budgets Children Choices Classrooms Difficult Future Higher Investing Limited Limited Resources Made Make Must Our Priorities Priority Resources Should Spent Sure Than Tight Time Very I Believe

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The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.

~Bob Riley

Topics: Budget Children Classrooms Come Employee First Focus Instead Larger Making Million Opponents Our Out Pay Propose Raise School Should Spending Sure Taking

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Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy and it is evident that the school setting requires some easing of the restrictions to which searches by public authorities are ordinarily subject.

~Byron White

Topics: Authorities Been Classrooms Easy Evident Maintaining Never Order Ordinarily Public Requires Restrictions School Searches Setting Some Subject Which

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Each year on Impact Day, I love seeing our people fill classrooms, parks, and training centers to make a difference in communities across the country.

~Cathy Engelbert

Topics: Across Centers Classrooms Communities Country Day Difference Each Each Year Fill Impact Love Make Make A Difference Our Our People Parks People Seeing Training Year I Love

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We aren't prescribing anything. We're not claiming to be the experts. We aren't advocating for or against any program. We are going to create a platform that says very explicitly what it is that teachers experience in their classrooms.

~Charles Best

Topics: Advocating Against Any Anything Claiming Classrooms Create Experience Experts Explicitly Going Platform Program Says Teachers Very

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Students can't dream big when classrooms lack books, microscopes, and robotics kits - or even paper, pencils, and paste.

~Charles Best

Topics: Big Books Classrooms Dream Even Lack Paper Paste Pencils Robotics Students

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