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

As we seek to eliminate individualism in teaching, we should not eradicate individuality with it.

Too often, shared visions really mean, "I have a vision; you share it!"

You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is.

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

Strong professional communities risk and sometimes relish conflict.

We must use collegiality not to level people down but to bring together their strength and creativity.