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

Educational reforms are like ripe fruit. They rarely travel well.

The Common Curriculum can easily become the karaoke curriculum, where everyone just follows the bouncing ball of the script.

Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas.

It's important to be innovative when times are prosperous. It's essential to be innovative when they are not.

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.

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