1. POLITICAL QUOTES 2010 - 2011

2. Directions for Handout  Please take out the handout titled “Political Quotes.”  Using the time before the Council of Building Stewards meeting begins answer the multiple choice questions.  Match the quote with the person you think made the statement.  The handout will be reviewed during the meeting. GOOD LUCK!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

3. “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Benjamin Franklin

4. “The union, not the teachers, is one of the principle resistors to moving to a child-centered system.” Jeb Bush

5. “We’ve demanded real education reform that gives children, educators, and our public schools what they need to improve student achievement and close the achievement gap.” Andy Ford, President FEA FEA

6. “…there is relative consensus: teachers statistically account for around 10-20 percent of achievement outcomes.” Diane Ravitch, ED Policy Analyst

7. “There is no way in our state right now that the dadgum unions are going to agree with this kind of stuff, so you either bring them to the table and tell them what you’re going to do, or you run over them.” Sen. John Thrasher Florida District 8

8. Encourage the replication of high performing charter schools and get government out of their way. Highlight from Rick Scott’s Education Plan Education Plan

9. “Connection to a student’s lack of progress involves at least three parties, at minimum: the student, the teacher, and the parent or guardian.” Karen Aronowitz, President, United Teachers of Dade