Educators Quotes

Youth innovation is the second step in which we must cultivate a culture of innovation and risk taking among our youth. This requires us as employers, educators, and mentors to reward risk taking by not punishing individuals for failures. In fact we must celebrate failure as a necessary component of the creative process. - Sam Hamdan

You often see that in inner-city schools where there's so much pressure on those educators to meet federal [adequate yearly progress] requirements ... it's about getting the lowest proficient kids to a proficient level, and they let their high-achieving kids slide back. I would salute Seattle. - William Sanders

You can never know what's in people's hearts, but it's not fair that we're going backwards in time. We should be, as educators, embracing diversity and provide a model of what the world is like for the students so they can learn together and play together. That's important. - Robert Wilhite

Women and girls have repeatedly told us stories of being thrown out of their home by boyfriends, husbands and parents who said they would pay for an abortion, but if she has the child she'd be on her own; employers who found pregnancy and parenting incompatible with the job, educators who tell women they can't possibly complete their education if they have a child. - Serrin Foster

What we stand for is far greater than whether we win or lose on a basketball floor. We are all educators. Our responsibility is to teach these youngsters, whether they're basketball players or any other student-athlete we're working with, to set the right example. - Jim Larranaga

What we really need is five full-time health educators. - Ann Davis

We've been able to put together a very strong group of educators in this district, and an awful lot of hard work is paying off for us. - Bob Donaldson

We've always been known as being leaders in training teachers and educators. This we see as a natural extension of that, offering more opportunities in education for students and families. - Barbara Downey