The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.
Schools cannot shut their gates and leave the outside world on the doorstep.
On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.
The teacher has more power than the Minister.
Adolescence is about digging out the iron inside irony.
We will not achieve high performance in education if we replace teachers with machines or turn teachers into machines.