Favorite quote: 

"I believe that work of excellence is transformational. Once a student sees that he or she is capable of excellence, that student is never quite the same." - Ron Berger

Favorite quote:

“You know you can always help to make each day a special day by just your being yourself. You grow in your own way; everyone does. That’s one reason each one of us is different and special and people can like us exactly as we are.”

- Fred Rogers

Favorite quote: 

"You take an inquiry stance toward your work and toward kids. And it’s an opportunity to look closely at a child and really try to see what’s there, rather than what you think is there. If you don’t do that, then all you bring are your stereotypes."

- Jeannie Oakes and Linda Darling-Hammond

Favorite quote: 

"The Laplander in his skin dress, and in a skin bag which he puts over his head and shoulders, will sleep night after night on the snow ... in a degree of cold which would extinguish the life of one exposed to it in any woolen clothing."

-Samuel Laing

Favorite quote: 

"Do not let the memories of your past limit the potential of your future. There are no limits to what you can achieve on your journey through life, except in your mind." - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart