When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties.

The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.

Every solution has a problem.

On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.

Alberta funds almost all its schools and districts to design and evaluate their own innovations. Teachers are the drivers of change, not the driven.

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

When creativity is the goal, schools must have their own platforms to network and innovate.