"Susan is passionate about education, kids, teachers, and humanity. The impact of Susan’s influence extends beyond the four walls of the classroom. The real world learning, which is an integral part of her model, takes students into the community, developing awareness of the world at large. Students participate in service learning activities that make changes in our kids, communities and future. She is a no-nonsense individual who has committed her life to making the world a better place through our children. As she would tell you, there is no time to waste. We must get down to very important and exciting work of making a better world, by growing better citizens."
Jill Fuss, Principal
Hualapai Elementary School, Arizona
"Outstanding educators intuitively know what classroom experiences students need to be successful. Outstanding educators know that the lessons taught need to benefit humanity. Outstanding educators have the leadership skills to help principals and teachers create meaningful experiences for students. Besides paying attention to skills and knowledge, outstanding educators integrate creativity, passion, and imagination into their schools in order to produce responsible people who will make the world a better place. There is not an educator on this planet who is more dedicated to making the world a better place than Ms. Susan Kovalik."
Barbara Pedersen - C.L.A.S.S., Indiana
"Susan Kovalik's important new ideas and methods represent a switch from an industrial-age paradigm of education that primarily prepares students for assembly-line work, to an information-age paradigm that prepares students for knowledge work. She has blazed a trail that many other researchers are only recently following and what's equally important is that she has had as great an impact on practice as she has on research/theory."
Professor Charles M. Reigeluth - Instructional Systems Technology
Indiana University, Indiana
