The 2007 Public Education Quotes of the Year
EIA is proud to present the 2007 Public Education Quotes of the Year, in countdown order. Enjoy!
10) "The rhetoric of 'No New Taxes' will not be recorded in our history books and if by chance it is marked at all, it will be by the dead end milepost!" – Education Minnesota President Judy Schaubach, in her farewell speech to the union's representative convention on March 16.
9) "There were people in accounting [who] didn't know the difference between a debit and credit." – Barak Ben-Gal, former budget director for the Oakland, California, public schools. (June 22 Wall Street Journal)
8) "Being suspended with pay is not a vacation." – Dena Rosenkrantz, staff attorney for the Virginia Education Association, discussing the case of local affiliate president Joyce Tyree, who was suspended with pay for brandishing a butcher knife in class last March. (May 17 Culpepper Star Exponent)
7) "I was also unaware that someone who claims to support unions is required to do so in the fashion that, say, Stalin demanded of his politburo." – lefty media critic Eric Alterman, in a tête-à-tête with United Federation of Teachers staffer Leo Casey. (January 31 MediaMatters.org)
6) "There's a group out there that thinks all you need to be a teacher is a bachelor's degree, a background check and to pass a computerized test, but you know they're not going to send them to teach where the wealthy folks are. They're going to send them to teach where Ray-Ray, Little Willie, Little Man, Too-Sweet, and Chiquita are in the classroom." – National Education Association President Reg Weaver, delivering the keynote speech before the Oklahoma Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence in Tulsa. (November 2 Tulsa World)
5) "In education the hours are long; you take home a lot of your work. Why choose that when they can just go right into corporate America and make mega bucks and not take anything home?" – Former St. Landry Parish Association of Educators President Elinor Eaglin, on the teacher shortage in Louisiana. (June 15 Daily World of Opelousas)
4) "Too often, union leaders like to have unquestioning, uninformed members who don't raise too many questions about what they're doing." – Deborah Lynch, candidate for president of the Chicago Teachers Union. (April 26 YouTube video interview)
3) "I cannot claim to be a good teacher simply because I have a master's in education, two licenses and eight years of experience. I can claim to be a good teacher only if the data demonstrate that my students have learned." – Jason Kamras, 2005 National Teacher of the Year. (September 10 Washington Post)
2) "What happened on the plantation when the slaves had enough?" – Baltimore Teachers Union President Marietta English, unhappy with the district's contract proposal. (April 25 Baltimore Sun)
1) "People take money every day for things I would not do… there are people that are paid to be assassins. Sometimes it’s just not worth the sacrifice you would have to make for the money." – Metro Nashville Education Association President Jamye Merritt, explaining why her union opposes performance pay. (January 7 Tennessean)
10) "The rhetoric of 'No New Taxes' will not be recorded in our history books and if by chance it is marked at all, it will be by the dead end milepost!" – Education Minnesota President Judy Schaubach, in her farewell speech to the union's representative convention on March 16.
9) "There were people in accounting [who] didn't know the difference between a debit and credit." – Barak Ben-Gal, former budget director for the Oakland, California, public schools. (June 22 Wall Street Journal)
8) "Being suspended with pay is not a vacation." – Dena Rosenkrantz, staff attorney for the Virginia Education Association, discussing the case of local affiliate president Joyce Tyree, who was suspended with pay for brandishing a butcher knife in class last March. (May 17 Culpepper Star Exponent)
7) "I was also unaware that someone who claims to support unions is required to do so in the fashion that, say, Stalin demanded of his politburo." – lefty media critic Eric Alterman, in a tête-à-tête with United Federation of Teachers staffer Leo Casey. (January 31 MediaMatters.org)
6) "There's a group out there that thinks all you need to be a teacher is a bachelor's degree, a background check and to pass a computerized test, but you know they're not going to send them to teach where the wealthy folks are. They're going to send them to teach where Ray-Ray, Little Willie, Little Man, Too-Sweet, and Chiquita are in the classroom." – National Education Association President Reg Weaver, delivering the keynote speech before the Oklahoma Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence in Tulsa. (November 2 Tulsa World)
5) "In education the hours are long; you take home a lot of your work. Why choose that when they can just go right into corporate America and make mega bucks and not take anything home?" – Former St. Landry Parish Association of Educators President Elinor Eaglin, on the teacher shortage in Louisiana. (June 15 Daily World of Opelousas)
4) "Too often, union leaders like to have unquestioning, uninformed members who don't raise too many questions about what they're doing." – Deborah Lynch, candidate for president of the Chicago Teachers Union. (April 26 YouTube video interview)
3) "I cannot claim to be a good teacher simply because I have a master's in education, two licenses and eight years of experience. I can claim to be a good teacher only if the data demonstrate that my students have learned." – Jason Kamras, 2005 National Teacher of the Year. (September 10 Washington Post)
2) "What happened on the plantation when the slaves had enough?" – Baltimore Teachers Union President Marietta English, unhappy with the district's contract proposal. (April 25 Baltimore Sun)
1) "People take money every day for things I would not do… there are people that are paid to be assassins. Sometimes it’s just not worth the sacrifice you would have to make for the money." – Metro Nashville Education Association President Jamye Merritt, explaining why her union opposes performance pay. (January 7 Tennessean)
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