Trey Veazey

“Before they read words, children are reading pictures.”
― David Wiesner, Free Fall

“To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's been my experience that having outstanding intelligence is a very small part of the total package that leads to success and happiness. Discipline, hard work, perserverance, and generosity of spirit are, in the final analysis, far more important.”
― Rafe Esquith, There Are No Shortcuts

“I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

“Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better reader, mathematician, or baseball player. Our goal is to help each student become as special as she can be as an individual--not to be more special than the kid sitting next to her.”
― Rafe Esquith, Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56