Albert Shanker quotes
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“It's time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. It's no surprise that our school system doesn't improve: It more resembles the communist economy than our own market economy.”
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“When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.”
-- Albert ShankerSource : "Stupid In America" by John Stossel, www.foxnews.com. September 16, 2011.
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“There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities.”
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“School disruption comes from those children who have given up hope.”
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“The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the unions protest the loudest. Their attitude was memorably expressed by a longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers: He said, quote, 'When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of children.'”
-- Albert ShankerSource : "'Who's Killing Philly Public Schools?': Daniel Denvir on Plan for School Closings, Privatization". www.truth-out.org. May 25, 2012.
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“The key is that unless there is accountability, we will never get the right system. As long as there are no consequences if kids or adults don't perform, as long as the discussion is not about education and student outcomes, then we're playing a game as to who has the power.”
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“I would rather die having spoken in my way, than live having spoken in yours”
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“As teachers, we must constantly try to improve schools and we must keep working at changing and experimenting and trying until we have developed ways of reaching every child.”
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Source : A. E. Hotchner (2009). “Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir”, p.3, Da Capo Press
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“What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not the pressure of scarcity.”
Source : "The Fifth Blade" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. May 11, 2009.
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“We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us.”
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Source : Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.151, Baker Books
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“When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.”
Source : Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. June 30, 2010.
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“I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.”
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