The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning..

There is no morality without temptation; otherwise it is just lack of opportunity..

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers..

On teacher education: induction into current mandates must not turn into seduction away from best practice..

Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling..

We learn more from people who are different from us than ones who are the same..

Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity..

Standardized personalization=universal right to meaningful learning. Personalized standardization=flexible access to mandated learning..

Don't raise the bar and narrow the gap, but narrow the gap to raise the bar..

High performance leaders capitalize on crises to galvanize the motivation and actions of people in the organization..

One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership..

On learning: if you really want alignment, go to a chiropractor..

Time is the enemy of freedom..

Adolescence is about digging out the iron inside irony..

On technology: The teacher is mightier than the mouse..

Culture is the possibility and impossibility that bacon and fruit can appear on the same plate..

Sustainable leadership does not compromise the future by expanding and accelerating too quickly in the present..

Arrogance is the conjoined twin of ignorance..

We should test prudently; not profligately..

It is not the time to put school districts up for auction. Now is the time to galvanize them into action..

Schools cannot shut their gates and leave the outside world on the doorstep..