Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced.

Education leaders must have the will at times to release leadership to the teachers the parents and the students.

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

Your most memorable students are in your first classes and your last classes: make your last years the finest of your career.

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

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.

On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.