I've had EXPERIENCES on both SIDES of the ocean and VARIOUS classrooms and bedrooms AROUND New YORK.

Going to SCHOOL is not REALLY education. It's really who's in front of the classrooms and who's endearing themselves to the kids and who's making the kids WANT to learn and who's INSPIRING them to be curious about any topic in the WORLD.

Butler's novel 'Kindred' may be the BOOK most widely read by READERS outside science FICTION; it has been assigned as a TEXT in classrooms and has sold steadily SINCE its publication in 1979.

We RECOGNIZE that violence is a LEARNED BEHAVIOR. One of the BEST classrooms for learning violence is in the HOME.

Classrooms cannot and should not be coerced into adopting FEDERAL ACADEMIC STANDARDS. That's not just my BELIEF; it's federal LAW.

In my writing, I want to ADDRESS all communities, you know. I've spent MANY years talking about Chicano culture, Chicano HISTORY, and at the same time, I've also been in many communities and presented my WORK in many communities, in many classrooms, and that's where my vision is and my delight is and my heart is.

We must ensure that we are hiring and retaining qualified, diverse candidates not only to teach in our classrooms, but to WORK at the DOE overseeing our STUDENTS' EDUCATION.

You can do all the FILM school you want in classrooms, but if you are on the SET, you are going to LEARN so MUCH more because you are really in the MIDDLE of doing it.

Colleges and classrooms should be havens of tranquility, places where THOUGHTFUL discussions occur, where students work TOGETHER with their teachers to acquire KNOWLEDGE of the arts and sciences.