Marva Collins Quotes about Education

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Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

Marva Collins

Education, Teacher, Teaching

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

Marva Collins

Education, Children, Teaching

Marva Collins, Civia Tamarkin (1984). “Marva Collins Way”, Tarcher

Students do not need to be labeled or measured any more than they are. They don't need more Federal funds, grants, and gimmicks. What they need from us is common sense, dedication, and bright, energetic teachers who believe that all children are achievers and who take personally the failure of any one child.

Marva Collins

Education, Teacher, Children

Marva Collins (1990). “Marva Collins' Way”, Tarcher

There is a lot of money to be made from miseducation, from the easy to read easy to learn textbooks, workbooks, teacher manuals, educational games and visual aids. The textbook business is more than a billion-dollar-a-year industry and some of its biggest profits come from 'audio-visual aids' - flash cards, tape cassettes, and filmstrips. No wonder the education industry encourages schools to focus on surface education.

Marva Collins

Education, Teacher, School

Marva Collins, Civia Tamarkin (1984). “Marva Collins Way”, Tarcher