"I have not seen that standardised tests make the profession less attractive, though some principals respond to them in a way that drives the best teachers out of their schools (by over-emphasising test prep in the school curriculum for example). On the other hand, great teachers want benchmarks to measure progress and tests can help with that."

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Source : Source: www.economist.com

Wendy Kopp

#Teacher Quotes #School Quotes #Hands Quotes

“He's by best friend and the father of my children. He's a great ex.”
“Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.”
“I was writing music for the sake of writing music; it was just fun.”
“It's important to understand it's OK to control the subject. If most editorial stories were photographed just as they are, editors would end up throwing most in the waste basket. You have to work hard at making an editorial picture. You need to re-stage things, rearrange things so that they work for the story, with truth and without lying.”
“Each has its lesson; for our dreams in sooth, come they in shape of demons, gods, or elves, are allegories with deep hearts of truth that tell us solemn secrets of ourselves.”

Source : Henry Timrod (2007). “The Collected Poems of Henry Timrod: A Variorum Edition”, p.38, University of Georgia Press
“Referendums are a democratic instrument, but so are decisions reached in a parliamentary democracy. I advise extreme caution when it comes to referendums. In Germany too.”
“You can change your life, and you can heal yourself.”
“Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear.”

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