"Standardised tests cannot capture all, but on the other hand, students who are not capable of doing well on standardised tests are not well-equipped to thrive in today's world and so it's important for teachers to ensure that students gain the foundation necessary to meet the baseline educational standards these tests represent."

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Source : Source: www.economist.com

Wendy Kopp

#Teacher Quotes #Educational Quotes #Hands Quotes

“A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.”

Source : "The Impossible Conundrum" by Alexa von Tobel, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2012.
“I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologize for its act, or make amends for its act, as the United States had one.”
“Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else.”
“To this day, I fondly recall the challenges of building a fire, pitching a tent, climbing a New England mountain, canoeing on a lake. Camp songs still resonate inside me. Competition exists at Keewaydin, of course, but nobody fails summer camp, a nice respite from winters of fortune and misfortune at school.”
“Train insane or remain the same.”
“I didnâ€™t want to see it. I didnâ€™t think heâ€™d ever really notice me, and in the end, he didnâ€™t.”
“There's no correlation between what the public likes and what I'm after. I'm in a different world.”
“I don't write songs, songs write me. ... Writing a song can be agony or ecstasy. It can take half an hour or half a year. ... The popular song is America's greatest ambassador.”

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