Preeminent Role of the Teacher in Schools

From President Ikeda:
Delivered at Teachers College, Columbia University, June 13, 1996

http://www.daisakuikeda.org/

“It is my abiding conviction that it is the teacher dedicated to serving students, and not the inanimate facility, that makes a school… Students’ lives are not changed by lectures, but by people. For this reason, interactions between students and teachers are of the greatest importance. We learn from people and it is for this reason that the humanity of the teacher represents the core of the educational experience.”

And from Bill Gates www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter 1/09
“One of the key things these schools have done is to help their teachers be more effective in the classroom. It is amazing how big a difference a great teacher makes versus an ineffective one. Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him or her assigned to a great teacher than a great school.”

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