Trust processes as well as people.

Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas.

We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing.

Physically, teachers are often alone in their own classrooms with no other adults for company. Psychologically, they never are.

We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over teachers ignores all the social and relational dimensions of teaching and learning.

Don't raise the bar and narrow the gap, but narrow the gap to raise the bar.

Students are often the last to know about change that is occurring in their own school system.