On learning: if you really want alignment, go to a chiropractor.

We learn more from people who are different from us than ones who are the same.

Physically, teachers are often alone in their own classrooms with no other adults for company. Psychologically, they never are.

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

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

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

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