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This is the latest roundup in our 鈥淏est Of鈥� series, spotlighting top highlights from this year鈥檚 coverage as well as the most popular articles we鈥檝e published each month. See more of the standouts right here:聽The Best of 2018

2018 served up plenty of unforgettable moments in the world of education: Parkland survivor Emma Gonz谩lez, eyes closed, offering six minutes of silence for the 17 friends lost in February鈥檚 shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School; the thousands of red-clad, striking teachers marching to state capitols around the country to demand higher pay and increased funding; the U.S. Supreme Court dealing a blow to teachers unions in a long-awaited ruling that dissenting employees cannot be forced to pay public-sector union dues.

These moments of eloquence (and sometimes, the lack thereof) are captured regularly in QuotED, a roundup of the most notable quotes behind America鈥檚 top education headlines 鈥� all taken from our weekly EduClips series, which regularly spotlights important headlines you may have missed from America鈥檚 15 largest school districts.

Here are a few of our favorite education quotes from 2018:

鈥淚 believe that parent choice is widespread in America 鈥� unless you are poor.鈥� 鈥�Howard Fuller, school choice advocate and distinguished professor of education at Marquette University. (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淥ur actions have not modeled the behavior that we hope to instill in our children that we serve.鈥� 鈥擳rustee Diana D谩vila, who issued a formal apology on behalf of Houston鈥檚 nine-member school board for its contentious and dysfunctional behavior in 2018. ()

鈥淥ur goal is to show our staff, this is what it means to prepare our children for the next level. How do we show parents like mine, who had a second-grade education, what is possible?鈥� 鈥擲an Antonio Superintendent Pedro Martinez, who launched a radical socioeconomic integration plan in the district. (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淲e have absolutely become numb to these kinds of shootings, and I think that will continue.鈥� 鈥�Katherine W. Schweit, former senior FBI official and co-author of a study of 160 active shooting incidents in the United States, on the Jan. 23 shooting at Kentucky鈥檚 Marshall County High School. ()

鈥淪ix minutes and about 20 seconds. In a little over six minutes, 17 of our friends were taken from us.鈥� 鈥� Emma Gonz谩lez, survivor of February鈥檚 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, speaking at the March 24 鈥淢arch for Our Lives鈥� before remaining silent for nearly six minutes to memorialize those killed in the massacre. ()

鈥淲hen we try the same thing over and over again, yet expect different results, that鈥檚 not reform 鈥� that鈥檚 insanity.鈥� 鈥�Betsy DeVos, U.S. education secretary, on the failures of past attempts to reform K-12 education. (Read at The74Million.org)

STAHL: Have you seen the really bad schools? Maybe try to figure out what they鈥檙e doing?

DEVOS: I have not, I have not, I have not intentionally visited schools that are underperforming.

STAHL: Maybe you should.

DEVOS: Maybe I should. Yes.

鈥擡xchange between 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Michigan鈥檚 low-performing schools. ()

鈥淭his has been education鈥檚 lost decade.鈥� 鈥�Michael Petrilli, president of the reform-oriented Thomas B. Fordham Institute, on the trend of flat progress on the nation鈥檚 NAEP scores. (Read at The74Million.org)

 

鈥淲it/Witout: How to order fried onions on your cheesesteak, meaning with or without the onions. (Ex. Whiz wit means you will be getting a cheesesteak, smothered in cheese whiz and topped with fried onions.)鈥� 鈥攆rom the School District of Philadelphia鈥檚 guidebook to 鈥淧hilly slang鈥� for first-year teachers. ()

鈥淥ur ultimate goal is that when teachers and administrators are making a decision that impacts students, they should be asking students. Students are the experts. They have been in school most of their lives, they have a lot to say, and we need to listen.鈥� 鈥�Cristina Salgado, the student voice specialist for Chicago Public Schools鈥� Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement, on Chicago鈥檚 student voice committees. (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淐ompelling individuals to mouth support for views they find objectionable violates that cardinal constitutional command, and in most contexts, any such effort would be universally condemned.鈥� 鈥�U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, ruling for the 5-4 majority in Janus v. AFSCME that dissenting employees cannot be forced to pay public-sector union dues. ()

鈥淲orking two jobs and trying to maintain a balance with teaching, it does take a toll, especially when you have a family.鈥� 鈥�Joe Reid, until recently a middle school language arts teacher in Hebron, Indiana. A federal analysis shows that 1 in 5 teachers has a second job. ()

鈥淭his cross-state communication is happening because of hashtags. The reason the tactics look the same is because we鈥檙e all looking at one another鈥檚 pictures and saying, 鈥極h, that looks super cool, all that red.鈥� We鈥檙e just stealing good ideas from each other.鈥� 鈥�Dawn Penich-Thacker, communications director at Save Our Schools Arizona, on 2018鈥檚 teacher strike movement. (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淚 believe, mark my words, that every [candidate] will get the question, 鈥楢re you going to fulfill the next three years of universal, full-day pre-K?鈥� And I guarantee you that all of them are going to say 鈥榊es.鈥� Because that鈥檚 what the public wants. 鈥� It鈥檚 what our kids need.鈥� 鈥擟hicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, on the chances of his sprawling pre-K initiative surviving his departure. (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think we鈥檒l get $200 million unless we hit the Powerball.鈥� 鈥擝roward County school board chairwoman Nora Rupert, on the funding a report recommended for mental health professionals to treat students and families after the Feb. 14 shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. ()

鈥淚t鈥檚 not that they鈥檙e villains and they don鈥檛 care and they don鈥檛 want safe schools 鈥� I鈥檓 not trying to send that message. But they鈥檙e certainly opportunistic. At the end of the day, they鈥檙e looking for new revenue streams.鈥� 鈥�Kenneth Trump, president of National School Safety and Security Services, which consults districts on school safety planning, on the $3 billion school security industry. (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淭he lies they鈥檙e telling are a little smaller than the lies they used to tell.鈥� 鈥�Ron Francis, a Dallas middle school teacher, on the Texas Board of Education鈥檚 decision to highlight the 鈥渆xpansion of slavery鈥� as having played 鈥渢he central role鈥� in sparking the Civil War. Previously, state education standards listed the factor among others, including sectionalism and 鈥渟tates鈥� rights.鈥� ()

鈥淣ot to unduly shame the American education system, but chances are Bob Dorough has had more of an impact on grammar fluency than any other individual in the 20th century.鈥� 鈥�A 2016 People magazine article on Dorough, the Schoolhouse Rock composer who died on April 23. (Read at The74Million.org)

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