Larry Cuban famous quotes

There is no clear, commanding body of evidence that students' sustained use of multimedia machines, the Internet, word processing, spreadsheets and other popular applications has any impact on academic achievement.'
-- Larry Cuban

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Teaching high school, in addition to knowing one's subject matter thoroughly and being able to convey it to others, requires the grit of a long-distance runner, the stamina of a boxer going 15 rounds, the temperament of a juggler and the street smarts of a three-card monte dealer.
-- Larry Cuban

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I'm allergic to over-promising. I'm allergic to exaggeration, because I've been in schools for a large part of my life, and I still go to schools. What I want is realistic, evidence-based kinds of things that know the history of efforts to individualize instruction and why they flop before, so you can have a much smarter approach to reforming schools, to improve what goes on in classrooms.
-- Larry Cuban

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The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?.

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige

The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it's difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine.

The problem with internet quotes is that you cant always depend on their accuracy

The thing about quotes on the internet is that you can't confirm their validity.

The validity of internet quotes are getting sketchy nowadays

We have the Internet of Everything but not the inclusion of everyone.

I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace.

The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic.