Wendy Kopp Quotes

Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.

Wendy Kopp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 29, 1967

Topics

SucceedEnoughEarlyResultsSkills

One of the advantages of the book's having been out there for more than a quarter century is that there's been time for people to report back on what it's done for them.

Andrew Tobias

TimePeopleBookBackDoneMore

I prefer to solve conflict with kindness. That's my first approach. If that doesn't work, there's always the alternative. I'm from Israel. I can tell a person what I think if I have to!

Anat Cohen

WorkKindnessConflictThinkI Can

They're my instructors, and every parent will understand that.

Jeffrey Tambor

ParentUnderstandWillEvery

This was a continent of divisions, of wars, of conflicts, of divergences, differences... When I am in Asia, in Africa, people admire what we have managed to do. Europe is beautiful seen from other continents.

Jean-Claude Juncker

BeautifulI AmPeopleDifferences

I wanted to be a car pinstriper, but there was nobody to teach me how to do it. So I said, 'Music's good too. I'll do that maybe, since I can't work out how to do this pinstriping.'

Ry Cooder

WorkGoodCarMusicMeNobody

The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game.

Michel Patini

BestFootballWinGameOpportunities

I love the German and the Swiss people for their many fine traits of character. I love their language that is so exacting and yet so expressive.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

LoveCharacterPeopleLanguageFine

First impressions are huge, especially with the coaching staff.

Jordan Rodgers

CoachingFirstFirst ImpressionsHuge

As for my studies in school, I was a solid student. I was strong in English and Latin, but I got lost anytime the subject included math. I wish I had paid more attention to biology and science in general, subjects that came to interest me as an adult. I could have gotten better marks, but I never took a book home, never did homework.

Dick Van Dyke

HomeScienceSchoolMeBookBetter

I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.

Derek Jeter

SuccessNew YorkNewUnderstandMuch

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

David Viscott

PeopleEndTryFailIn The EndOnly

I don't think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to get your bottom half to be the right size, your face might have to be a little gaunt. You choose your battles.

Courteney Cox

PeopleFaceThinkYouChooseSay

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