Knowledge is POWER! Read more of Michael’s favorite quotes on the importance on never ending learning here –https://whatwillmatter.com/2017/03/best-quotes-ever-teaching-learning-education/
Get in the Game!
Learning is not a spectator sport. Get in the game!
CHARACTER EDUCATION IS INDISPENSABLE TO EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC EDUCATION.
CHARACTER EDUCATION IS INDISPENSABLE TO EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC EDUCATION. By Michael Josephson There is mounting evidence that core character traits producing emotional intelligence and “grit” are better indicators of school and life success than pure academic achievement, including grades and standardized test scores. It’s obvious that knowledge itself is not enough. The information and cognitive skills taught by schools need to …
If you love learning, you’ll never be bored.
If you love learning, you’ll never be bored.
Pay Attention and Learn
With or without your permission, your mind will work hard to make sense out of the world. Pay attention and you’ll be amazed at what you can learn. – Michael Josephson
Your Mind Is A Muscle
Your mind is like a muscle. The more you use it the stronger it gets. Thinking, reading and studying will exercise your brain and make you smarter.
Education Improves Your Life
Be sure you are there when your class graduates. Education improves your life.
Never Stop Learning
As long as you can think, you can learn. As long as you can learn, you can get better. As long as you can get better, you can be happier. NEVER STOP LEARNING.
Education & Teaching: Inspiring our Future Leaders
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
THE BEST POSTERS EVER FOR TEACHERS
To all teachers: We hope you find these posters a useful resource for teaching character and ethics in your classroom.
Every Day Matters When You’re A Teacher
“The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest thing about being a teacher is that it matters every day.” – Todd Whitaker
Teachers: The Decisive Element
I AM THE DECISIVE ELEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM. It’s my personal approach that creates the CLIMATE. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I POSSES A TREMENDOUS POWER to make a child’s like miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, …
THIS WEEK’S THEME: Teaching & Education
This week’s edition of the What Will Matter will take a deep dive into education and teaching, examining what challenges we face as we educate the next generation and how we can work together to to shape a brighter future though education. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – …
Education: A Debt Due
“EDUCATION: A debt due from present to future generations.” – George Peabody
The More You Know…
The more you know The more you grow
Never Stop Learning
As long as you can think, you can learn. As long as you can learn, you can get better. As long as you can get better, you can be happier. NEVER STOP LEARNING.
Devine Beauty: Learning & Tolerance
“There is divine beauty in learning, just as there is human beauty in tolerance. To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps.
Education Yields Tolerance
“The highest result of education is tolerance.” – Helen Keller
Confucius Quote: Educate Children
If your plan for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees. If your plan is for 100 years, educate children. – Confucius
COMMENTARY: A Dad Sending His Daughter Off to College
I want to share a slightly edited portion of a letter my friend Scott Raecker wrote to his daughter Emily on sending her off to college: My Dear Emily, My life changed the day we found out that you were on your way. From that moment forward, you have been on my mind and heart – every day. I vividly …
COMMENTARY: Be What You Want to Be
“What will you be when you grow up?” It’s a serious question. As kids, we knew we were going to be something and that to be something was to be someone. Even as our ambitions changed, we knew what we were going to be was important and our choice.
COMMENTARY: “You’re Only Cheating Yourself”
It’s in the news all the time – kids are cheating in school in new ways and at unprecedented rates. One of the reasons is the way schools and parents deal with or ignore the underlying issues of integrity and character. For instance, to discourage kids from cheating, adults commonly say, “You’re only cheating yourself.”
COMMENTARY: School Principal: The Most Difficult CEO Job in the Nation
Schools all over the nation are struggling to modify their strategies to meet the Common Core demands regarding critical thinking and problem solving. They must also find ways to teach 21st Century workplace skills, enhance students’ social and emotional development, and, of course, build their character so they become responsible and productive citizens. Oh, they must also be sure to create an …
Something for Teenagers to Think About: A Graduation Speech for Middle and High-School Graduates
This is graduation season. Many high-school and middle-school students will be moving on to the next stage of their lives. Some will be sad to say goodbye to their school, classmates and, maybe, even a teacher or two. Others can’t wait to leave it all behind.
Teachers Affect All Eternity
Teachers Affect all eternity. You never know where their influence stops. – Henry Adams
The Soul of a Child
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. Emma Goldman
I’M A TEACHER: I MAKE LIVES By Michael Josephson
(Derived with permission from “What Teachers Make” a poem written by Taylor Mali. To see Mr. Mali’s original version visit www.taylormali.com) The topic of education came up and a business executive proclaimed the problem is with teachers, after all, “those who can do, and those who can’t teach.” A man next to him said, “I’m a teacher and you don’t know …
Great Leaders are Teachers
Great Leaders are teachers not tyrants. They help their followers see and understand more. They inspire them to become more and motivate them to do more. –Michael Josephson