In high performing countries, principals are working with highly qualified teachers who come from the top tiers of the graduation range, who have been rigorously prepared in universities and through supervised practice in schools, and who remain in education for all of their careers.

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

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

It's time for the US to widen its circle of learning, not to circle its wagons against hostile ideas in education reform.

Economic necessity should be the mother of educational invention

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

High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air.