Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously.

Educational success should be measured by how strong your desire is to keep learning.

Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from the perspective of the children

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

Learning is something students do, NOT something done to students.

If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.

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