Without any doubt at all teacher quality is the fundamental differentiator. Not just incidentally of education but I would argue probably the biggest single differentiator of success for the nations of the 21st Century.
As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.
In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help.
Teachers make a difference and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
Okay so sometimes in life I can be a score-keeper - someone who keeps track of what he gives and what he gets in return. An annoying quality to say the least and I'm sure my wife has your sympathy but it's made me highly attuned to when and where credit is due.
Success is a process a quality of mind and way of being an outgoing affirmation of life.
It's the quality of the ordinary the straight the square that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability to take on responsibility.
In inner-city low-income communities of color there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.
Flaming enthusiasm backed up by horse sense and persistence is the quality that most frequently makes for success.