Evaluation schemes that implicate 100% of the staff to detect a small % of incompetents are a waste of time.

Schools cannot shut their gates and leave the outside world on the doorstep.

We must never return to the Julie Andrews curriculum where we teach "a few of my favorite things"!

Pompous asses knows how to put the moan in sanctimonious.

In high performing countries, principals are working with highly qualified teachers who come from the top tiers of the graduation range, who have been rigorously prepared in universities and through supervised practice in schools, and who remain in education for all of their careers.

Teachers who believe they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do.

Capacity building originally meant helping people to help themselves. Now it means required training to deliver imposed policies.