Excellence is the asymptotic state that never quite reaches perfection.

The economists who have put the spotlight on teacher quality are the ones who most misunderstand it.

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

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

Mentors turn into tormentors if they believe they are always right.

The teacher has more power than the Minister.

Time is the enemy of freedom.