All teachers are already leaders. It's in the nature of teaching.

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.

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

You cannot switch teachers on and off as if they were PowerPoint presentations.

Standardized personalization=universal right to meaningful learning. Personalized standardization=flexible access to mandated learning.

On teacher education: induction into current mandates must not turn into seduction away from best practice.

Students become good learners when they are in the classes of teachers who are good learners.