To be well-educated is to have the desire as well as the means to make sure that learning never ends.

The difference between a good educator and a great educator is that the former figures out how to work within the constraints of traditional policies and accepted assumptions, whereas the latter figures out how to change whatever gets in the way of doing right by kids. 'But we've always...', 'But the parents will never...', 'But we can't be the only school in the area to...' - all such protestations are unpersuasive to great educators. If research and common sense argue for doing things differently, then the question isn't whether to change course but how to make it happen.

Trying to do well and trying to beat others are two different things. Excellence and victory are conceptually distinct . . . and are experienced differently.

Punishments and rewards are two sides of the same coin and that coin doesn't buy you much.

Unconditional parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason.

To feel controlled is to lose interest.

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