Trust processes as well as people.

Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity.

Strong professional communities risk and sometimes relish conflict.

A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society.

The rules of the world are changing. It is time for the rules of teaching and teachers' work to change with them.

Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced.

Adolescence is about digging out the iron inside irony.