We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing.

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

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

The most important emotion in classrooms is surprise.

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

Teaching is a passionate profession.

Schools that cannot tolerate interesting & enthusiastic eccentrics who work better alone than together are devoid of flexibility & spirit