In a word, learning is decontextualized. We break ideas down into tiny pieces that bear no relation to the whole. We give students a brick of information, followed by another brick, followed by another brick, until they are graduated, at which point we assume they have a house. What they have is a pile of bricks, and they don't have it for long.

Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.

When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.

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

Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven individuals trying to play it safe.

The Legacy of Behaviorism: Do this and you'll get that.

How we feel about our kids isn't as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them.