In collaborative cultures, failure and uncertainty are not protected but shared and discussed to gain support.

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

Trust processes as well as people.

Capacity building originally meant helping people to help themselves. Now it means required training to deliver imposed policies.

Teaching is an emotional practice: it activates, colors & expresses people's feelings.

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

Time is the enemy of freedom.