#237
It’s relationships, not programs that change children. A great program simply creates the environment for healthy relationships to form between adults and children. Young people thrive when adults care about them on a one-to-one level, and when they also have a sense of belonging to a caring community.
-Bill Milliken, founder of Communities in Schools
The Way I See It #237 off a Starbucks Cup
Profound and true. I think we should worry less about “no child left behind” and care more about “no child left alone”. Relationships matter on every level. Teachers that inspire and there are many of them do so through personal connections to kids not by handing out standardized test.