Geoffrey Canada Quotes

When you see a great teacher, you are seeing a work of art.

I want to be a children’s hero… Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future.

You have to be prepared to think outside the box...Stand back and think about what we could do creativity. We've got to do that to push the field forward.

It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only your faith in God will get you through.

Build an organization that can tackle the tough things and keep moving.

Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.

Osama Bin Laden is not going to come here and destroy America. Our education system is doing that just fine.

Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.

When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.

Let's stop teaching to the middle and start teaching to the student.

Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.

Why is it that when we had rotary phones, when we were having folks being crippled by polio, that we were teaching the same way then that we're doing right now?

An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.

Middle-class families know education begins at birth.

There is an educational cliff we are walking over right this very second.

Monsters work seven days a week and don't take vacations.

Movies portray men as tough guys.

If you raise a child, there's no time, you can't be a great parent.

I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to spread to the community.

My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer.

If you are a lousy teacher, you should be fired.

Video games offer violent messages, and even the sports video games include taunting and teasing.