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

If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

Being a team player should not imply a demand for simple obedience and conformity.

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

Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her position of authority, I’m convinced all over again that moving away from consequences and rewards isn’t just realistic - it’s the best way to help kids grow into good learners and good people.

The legendary statistical consultant W. Edwards Deming, . . . has called the system by which merit is appraised and rewarded 'the most powerful inhibitor to quality and productivity in the Western world' . . . it is simply unfair to the extent that employees are held responsible for what are, in reality, systemic factors that are beyond their control.

How can we do our best when we are spending our energies trying to make others lose - and fearing that they will make us lose?