Dave Eggers Quotes

I loved getting tutored and having that one-on-one attention that you sometimes do not get in regular school.

The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and helps them develop only modestly.

The greatest teachers are the ones that turn a B student into an A student, or a failing student into a B student.

It is striking to see the magnitude of impact mentorship and tutoring can have on student performance and young lives.

Scholarships that allow students to get a good education are important, but first we want to measure the progress that the schools are teaching our students, we want to hold them accountable for the progress, we want to hold the schools accountable for teaching the young people in America.

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our part in this regard considering how far they have gone.

But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention - they go home, they're finished. They don't stall, they don't do their homework in front of the TV.

I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. I want them to know they are not alone - that Nevada's system can and will support them.

Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.

I think that anybody that stays in school, gets good grades, pays the price, I think we are wealthy enough in the public and the private sector in America to make sure that every child in America that wants to continue their education, they should be able to do that.

Teachers can use technology-based assessments to inform their instruction. These assessments can quickly produce data and surface patterns that help teachers identify where students are faltering and intervene with targeted coaching immediately, before the student falls too far behind.

Some kids grasp a subject faster and race ahead to the next level, while others continue to struggle with the first. The great thing we've seen is that if you let a student take his time to master a concept, he will probably race ahead on the next one.

If a child is poor in math but good at tennis, most people would hire a math tutor. I would rather hire a tennis coach.

First and foremost, I would put a massive national emphasis on illiteracy with real markers that you could measure and real efforts to do a one-on-one kind of tutoring until kids can get up to snuff on that.

Education deserves particular focus because its effects are so long-lasting.

If my child were in a school where he was not learning, I would not wait for a gathering of social scientists to tell me whether it was okay for me to send him to another school.

If we educate our kids well, they will be more competitive.

Students Are Not Widgets. Schools Are Not Factories.

I was tutored all through high school.

Education is not about thinning the herd. Education is about helping every student succeed.

Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.

Every schoolteacher will tell you that there is no substitute for engaged parents in the education of a child.

I want to pay tribute to the teachers who, during my life at school in the public education system, saw something in me and encouraged it.

Since the LeBron James Family Foundation shifted its focus on education, it's been important to us to document the innovative work we're doing.

I'm homeschooled with a private tutor.