When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.

In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening. Terrific teachers often have teeth marks on their tongues.

The race to win turns us all into losers.

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.

Sometimes we have to put our foot down, ... but before we deliberately make children unhappy in order to get them to get into the car, or to do their homework or whatever, we need to weigh whether what we're doing to make it happen is worth the possible strain on our relationship with them.

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

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