We can't value only what is easy to measure; measurable outcomes may be the least important results of learning.

You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them. You don't want them to grow up and resent you or, even worse, parent the way you parented them.

To feel controlled is to lose interest.

When was the last time you spent the entire day with only 42 year olds?

Assessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students.

Contrary to what you think, your company will be a lot more productive if you refuse to tolerate competition among your employees.

John Dewey reminded us that the value of what students do 'resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater thoughtfulness, not in the greater strain it imposes.