6 Quotes by David Hood

If the schooling system does not rapidly close the gap between what it does, and what it should do in response to the demands of the 21st century, it will simply become irrelevant.

Accepting the key premise that the learner is the primary customer of schooling means others follow naturally. ... The core business of schooling is learning, and the quality of learning experienced by all learners should be the standard against which performance is measured.

We hope that the federal government is able to respond quickly and effectively. It is becoming quite evident that the broad nature of this outbreak is going to quickly deplete both state and local funds dedicated to the epidemiological efforts, laboratory testing, surveillance and mosquito-control efforts.

We were expecting we would see an outbreak in 2002, but maybe not of the magnitude we're seeing now.

You need to think about the people who are working in that building. The smell and there are people who are allergic to the smell ... because of just what comes with dogs and cats.

I'm not out to buy just to buy something. I feel like everybody feels so much pressure just because it's Christmas time. There's the danger of getting something you don't really need.