To control students is to force them to accommodate to a preestablished curriculum.

Punishments erode relationships and moral growth.

Don't let anyone tell you that standardized tests are not accurate measures. The truth of the matter is they offer a remarkably precise method for gauging the size of the houses near the school where the test was administered.

People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices

We learn most readily, most naturally, most effectively, when we start with the big picture - precisely when the basics don't come first.

If faculty would relax their emphasis on grades, this might serve not to lower standards but to encourage an orientation toward learning.

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