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

Every solution has a problem.

Teachers are always emotional: by default if they bore us, and by design when they excite us.

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

Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them.

One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership.

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