A Panel of Students Talk About Their Needs

At NBC’s recent Education Nation summit, a panel of students talked about education, their concerns, and what they need in a teacher. The following is excerpted from the Innovative Educators’ post on the panel, “The 20 Things Students Want the Nation to Know About Education.”

• We learn in different ways at different rates.
• I can't learn from you if you are not willing to connect with me.
• Teaching by the book is not teaching. It's just talking.
• Caring about each student is more important than teaching the class.
• Every young person has a dream. Your job is to help bring us closer to our dreams.
• We need more than teachers. We need life coaches.
• Us youth love all the new technologies that come out. When you acknowledge this and use technology in your teaching it makes learning much more interesting.
• You should be trained not just in teaching but also in counseling.