When was the last time you spent the entire day with only 42 year olds?

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.

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

Punishments erode relationships and moral growth.

The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.

In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere of distrust and one of trust, between setting an example of power and helping children to learn responsibility, between quick-fix parenting and the kind that's focused on long-term goals.

The race to win turns us all into losers.