Albert Shanker Quotes

#1. There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities.

Albert Shanker

#2. I would rather die having spoken in my way, than live having spoken in yours

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#3. School disruption comes from those children who have given up hope.

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#4. When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.

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#5. As teachers, we must constantly try to improve schools and we must keep working at changing and experimenting and trying until we have developed ways of reaching every child.

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#6. The key is that unless there is accountability, we will never get the right system. As long as there are no consequences if kids or adults don't perform, as long as the discussion is not about education and student outcomes, then we're playing a game as to who has the power.

Albert Shanker