Jim Knight Quotes

We have become unable to think of better education except in terms of more complex schools and of teachers trained for ever longer periods.

We're not trying to be the only route into teaching. We do put enormous energy into understanding what differentiates the most successful teachers.

I don’t believe curriculums are the key to education, I believe teachers are.

I think a lot of teachers want to talk about how to continually improve performance.

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

The quality of an education system can never exceed the quality of its teachers.

It's the less bright students who make teachers teach better.

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.

Parents matter, buildings count, curriculum choices, materials, resources - all these things are important in a top-class education. But, in the end, it comes down to the teachers.

You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.

…all the teachers henceforth to be employed be provided from some Model School, with a certificate of their competency, that will aid us in a work of great difficulty, to wit, … placing youths under the direction of competent teachers, and of those only.

Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession.

I'm always learning. I have to.

You need to turn over every rock and open every door to learn your industry. This process never ends.

The simple facts are these: We need higher standards in our schools, and we need to hold teachers accountable for the outcomes in their classrooms.

In almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn't been the case for teaching.

I think we need to recognize that learning is a lifelong goal, a lifelong experience.

I was going to become a teacher.

We never stop working and learning.

Most teachers in America could dramatically improve their teaching if they just made every second count.

Teachers do not need to be armed with guns to protect their classes; they need to be armed with a solid education in order to teach their classes.

I think the things that I learned that stick with me are things you often repeat, even today, which is never stop learning.