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?

Saying you taught it but the student didn't learn it is like saying you sold it but the customer didn't buy it.

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.

Students should not only be trained to live in a democracy when they grow up; they should have the chance to live in one today.

Whoever said there's no such thing as a stupid question never looked carefully at a standardized test.

Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns.

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