Change is easy to propose, hard to implement, and especially hard to sustain.

Strong professional communities risk and sometimes relish conflict.

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

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

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

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

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